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to talk about a<strong>do</strong>pting Raffy?” She said, “I saw<br />

how you and he were drawn to each other at<br />

the banquet last night.”<br />

I said, “Why can’t Margaret and I a<strong>do</strong>pt<br />

him?” She replied, “Well, for one thing, you are<br />

too old! But seriously, we can’t release Raffy<br />

because the new law in the Philippines is <strong>that</strong><br />

you have to keep families together and he has<br />

one brother and two sisters.”<br />

We have kept in contact with Raffy through<br />

the Home of Joy over the years. His brother is<br />

now a second-year student at the Philippine<br />

Missionary Institute and Raffy is in his second<br />

year of studying automobile mechanics. Raffy<br />

and his brother and sisters are continuing on in<br />

the Lord and are trusting Him to use them for<br />

His glory.<br />

James 1:27 (nasb) says, Pure and lasting<br />

religion in the sight of our God and Father<br />

is this: to visit [care for] orphans … in their<br />

distress ….<br />

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