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| Ryker's Dream Orphan Ministry and Relief |
| About Me...Sheri Wessel |
| 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. |
Reaching and equipping people for Christ
| I am a physician’s assistant and mother of 5 daughters. My awareness of orphanages began on a mission trip to Siberia. There were several orphanages there that people with our delegation visited. We all brought gifts for the children (me included). I didn’t go. I couldn’t. I sent my gifts with someone else. It was too painful for me as a mother to see these children without families. Talk about denial….don’t see it and it’s not as real. A few years ago, my best friend, Kristy, lost her son. I don’t know her pain, but I have felt her pain. We have been through a lot since then and have had some very deep conversations, specifically about God and his purpose for our lives. Almost two years ago, she and her family opened their hearts to two beautiful children from Kazakhstan. We talked many times about these children and the orphanages. I have been blessed to care for these children professionally, which has been an eye-opening experience. Since this, I have become more aware of the living conditions and needs of orphans in countries abroad. I felt pangs of guilt for not visiting when I had the chance. One day, during a quiet moment, you know, one of those in which your mind is free to listen to God, He enlightened me with a thought. An orphan ministry! I quickly called Kristy and she was almost bursting with an idea that she had come up with that day…. AN ORPHAN MINISTRY! She was getting ready to call ME about the same thing! I don’t believe this to be coincidence. This was a plan. I see God’s hands in my work every day: the miracle of new life, the healing power of touch and compassion, and the peace of death. God’s plan is not for us to know, but we all have a purpose. Every child in the world’s orphanages was given as a gift from God to fulfill a purpose. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be a part of that fulfillment? I am convinced of it! |
