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Monday, January 5, 2015

Thankfulness from Ten Thousand Miles



As we start the new year, my New Year's resolution is to be more thankful. After the trip to Nepal and sharing John 3:16 books with the orphans, I realize more than ever how much for which I have to be thankful. 

When I finally got around to emptying out my suitcase (yes, it took me two months), I found the note below from some of the children we met. We stayed at one of the orphans' houses and they must have put the note in my suitcase when I wasn't looking. I want to share it with you and encourage you as you start off the new year. 

While our outward circumstances may not change our perspective will. God will add a heavenly filter to our limited worldly view, and somehow, someway, we will see the world with a different perspective, with more joy, with more hope, and with more patience. The Lord knows, I need more patience:)

Because it's a little hard to read from the scan, here is what it says:

Romans 12:12

Rejoicing in hope 
patient in tribulation 
continuing steadfastly in prayer

Dear Lorilyn Auntie and Sister Joylin,
We thank you for your hard work by bringing us the book. We usually don't get such books even in the market. This book will strengthen our spiritual and English level. We appreciate your prayer and  hoping to read such book in the future, too. Thank you for reading the book for us. Thank you for your love and everything. We were blessed from your visit. Keep in touch!

Ram Hari, Grivson, Bishal, Aaron, Ajit, Ayusha, Kinv, Akriti, James, Sagar Anusha, Dipesh, Sibani, Ginita




Monday, September 29, 2014

Twenty Years Later - Lorilyn Roberts Returns to Nepal to Take Books To Orphans

This inspirational work of nonfiction follows a woman who turns her own shattered dreams into life-changing hope, relying on God's redemptive love to overcome impossible odds and adopt two destitute children from one of the world's most remote regions.

I (Lorilyn Roberts) will be traveling to Nepal soon to take books to orphans - children who have been rescued and adopted into Nepali homes sponsored by Child Hope International.

Please consider making a donation of $34.95 to help defray the costs. In return I will send you a signed copy of my best-selling memoir Children of Dreams.  

For the next three weeks, I will be publishing on my blog my adoption memoir, to encourage you to pray for Joy and me, for travel mercies, and for you to "taste" the country and experience what I felt when I was there before. God gave me my first of two "Children of Dreams" twenty years ago. I arrived home from Nepal on Mother's Day, May 8, 1994, with Manisha Hope.

The costs will be around $3,500 for Joy and me to travel and stay six days. Our time will be spent helping many of the kids with English and reading. About $1,500 has been donated so far. I am hoping more people will donate toward the trip so I don't have to spend the next several months paying off my credit card when I return. 

Imagine what the possibilities are with the two hundred plus Christian books we are taking (as well as two Kindles a member of the John 3:16 Marketing Network donated). These children are among the few, particularly the girls, to receive an education in Nepal. They are the future leaders, the future teachers, doctors, and nurses. Over two hundred abandoned children have been adopted in-country by Nepali families sponsored by Child Hope International. Today many are in college. One orphan sponsored by Child Hope International is now in medical school. 

I would especially appreciate your prayers. Donations can be made through Paypal.



If you would enjoy reading Children of Dreams as an ebook, in celebration of the trip, I'm offering a free coupon through Smashwords for the length of time Joy and I will be in Nepal. Joy is my younger daughter who I adopted from Vietnam. Manisha, who is 23, will be staying home and taking care of all of our animals. 

Here is the information to get your free copy of Children of Dreams in Nook or to read online. It is also available in Kindle on Amazon by clicking here.

Promotional price: $0.00
Coupon Code: XT77R
Expires: October 29, 2014    
 



From James 1:27:  Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.  

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TO VISIT MORE SITES ON THE BLOG TOUR, CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW


Lorilyn Roberts
Sept. 8
Michelle D. Evans
Sept. 9
Cheryl Cowell
Sept. 10
Laura J. Davis
Sept. 11
Judy Lair
Sept. 12
Krystal Kuehn
Sept. 13
Violet James
Sept. 14
Emma Right
Sept. 15
Pearl Nsiah-Kumi
Sept. 16
Randy Kirk
Sept. 17
William Burt
Sept. 18
Kimberley Payne
Sept. 19
Cheryl Colwell
Sept. 20
D.K. Drake 
Sept. 21
Jill Richardson
Sept. 22
Dana Rongione
Sept. 23
Robin Johns Grant
Sept. 24
Elizabeth Paige
Sept. 25
L. Shoshana Rhodes
Sept. 26
Michelle D. Evans
Sept. 27
Sharon A. Lavy
Sept. 28
Lorilyn Roberts
Sept. 29
Dana Rongione
Sept.30
William Burt
Oct. 1
Laura J. Davis
Oct. 2
Kimberley Payne
Oct. 3
Emma Right
Oct. 4
Val Newton Knowles
Oct. 5
Elizabeth Paige
Oct. 6
Jilll Richardson
Oct. 7

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

God’s Call To Bring Books To the Orphans of Nepal - Child Hope International and John 3:16 Authors Team Up For A Missions Trip in October 2014


Some of the original orphans who grew up in Child Hope homes and are now in college and graduate school


Behind every great adventure for the Kingdom of God is a great story. I want to share with you how the opportunity to bring Christian books to Nepal became a reality.

Ever had a divine meeting with someone? You will read about one here—one God orchestrated that I could not have imagined ahead of time.

Lorilyn Roberts Colorado Springs 2012


Two years ago, I made a trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the annual picnic hosted by Hope’s Promise, the adoption agency I worked through for the adoptions of both of my daughters. Jennifer LeBeau, the social worker who had helped me with my adoption of Joy from Vietnam, was retiring, and I wanted to finally meet her and thank her for all her encouragement and prayers when I was in Vietnam. We had actually never had an opportunity to visit any of the folks at Hope’s Promise, and I felt God leading me to “splurge” and make the trip.  

The night after our arrival in Colorado Springs, unbeknownst to me, Joy uploaded a picture of us to Facebook and labeled our location as Colorado Springs. Silas, who had helped me with my adoption of Manisha from Nepal (before Joy’s adoption from Vietnam), saw the post and contacted me through Facebook. He lives in California and happened to be in Colorado Springs at the same time for a pastor’s meeting. We had not seen each other in over a decade, and the opportunity to connect in Colorado Springs was quite a delightful surprise to both of us. Little did I know this was a divine appointment. Only because of the Facebook post of a photo was the connection made. However, what happened at our luncheon the next day was even more amazing.

As we sat and chatted over lunch in downtown Colorado Springs, Silas lamented, “You know, what we really need for the orphans are Christian books. They have Bibles to read, but no Christian books.”

Silas with Lorilyn Roberts' daughters in Colorado Springs 2012


Silas had no idea I lead a network of over three hundred Christian authors from all over the world. I stared at him and said, without missing a beat, “I can make that happen. I lead a network of Christian authors, and I believe many of them would jump at the opportunity to donate books to start a Christian library in Kathmandu.” As we discussed the idea, we both agreed we would need to start small and grow the idea as more Christians caught on to the vision we had.

We decided to plan a trip specifically dedicated to this project. I would travel with a team from Child Hope International. From that meeting two years ago, the dream is finally being realized. Our goal for the trip in October is to take three hundred books to Nepal.

To explain a little about Child Hope International, Silas Khadka is the executive director of the organization. I met Silas when I traveled to Nepal to adopt Manisha. She was three at the time I adopted her. Silas was working with Hope’s Promise, the adoption agency I worked through, to place orphans in Christian homes in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.


1994 Lorilyn in Nepal when she adopted Manisha  (3 years old)


The process of adopting from Nepal is riddled with delays and uncertainty. My adoption was actually the last one Silas did internationally. Later, he and his wife, Bhakti, came up with the idea of intra-national adoption. They began to adopt abandoned children, and as God began to raise up Christian families in Nepal, Silas and Bhakti found other couples who were also willing to adopt orphaned children in-country. They soon developed a program to train and support families in welcoming abandoned children into their homes. Eventually their ministry grew into Child Hope International. 



Orphans who have been adopted into one of the 23 Child Hope International homes


1994, I took this photo of them
Today Silas and his wife and two sons live in San Jose, California, traveling to Nepal a couple of times each year to encourage the families and children supported by CHI.





Orphans who have been adopted into one of the 23 Child Hope International Homes

The books we will be taking to Nepal in October will be shared among the twenty-plus homes where over two hundred abandoned children have been adopted. The books will be used to help the children with learning English, reading, and writing. The books will also encourage the children in their faith and walk with God.


Silas is a former pastor of a church in Kathmandu and the church has property on which to build a Christian library. A library would benefit not only the orphaned children, but college students from the University of Kathmandu would be able to enjoy the benefits as well. We also envision pastors in Nepal being able to check out scholarly Christian books from the library, enabling leaders to grow spiritually without having to travel abroad. With access to great Christian classics and new books by John 3:16 authors, we can make an impact on an entire nation—I truly believe we can make a difference in the lives of many abandoned children.

The best-selling author of the Left Behind Series, Jerry Jenkins, who is a member of the John 3:16 Marketing Network, has offered to donate one copy of every book he has written. Donated books by John 3:16 authors are already arriving in my mailbox.

I plan to leave for Nepal on October 17 (which happens to be my birthday) and return home on October 27. If you would like to contribute financially, we will be taking donations.

I will be offering a personalized signed edition of my book, Children of Dreams, an Adoption Memoir, for donations of $34.99 or more. All donations will go toward the “Nepali Library Project.”




Most important of all, please pray for Silas and myself, as well as the others on the team who will be traveling with us—that all the details will be worked out as God leads.

I believe God has given the John 3:16 Marketing Network a unique opportunity, through Child Hope International to enrich the lives of an entire country with Godly books—Christian worldview books that will touch the heart and soul of the nation one orphan at a time.






Recently someone told me that Nepal is the fastest growing country in the world for Jesus—faster than China! In a country that is poor and trapped in the dark religion of Hinduism, the fields are ripe for a great harvest. I pray that you have caught the vision for what we can do to make a difference in the lives of many abandoned children. Please join with us in bringing books to Nepal. We can bless young minds with the knowledge of Jesus Christ—and stir hearts with good ole fashion stories meant for pure enjoyment.


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If you would like more information about the trip in October and/or would like to make a donation, please click here.

The most important part of this opportunity is to pray for the team  and me in particular. I (Lorilyn Roberts) would really appreciate your prayers.