03/02/2026
🤍 Every Child Deserves to Know They Are Loved. 🤍
I took this photo at an orphanage. When I first arrived, the children were shy — guarded, almost afraid. But the moment I told them, "You can touch the camera," something shifted. "Their faces lit up."
That small moment told me everything.
These are not just children in a photograph. These are lives still being written. And the chapter they are living right now — the one shaped by whether anyone shows up, whether anyone says "you matter" — will follow them into adulthood.
Proverbs 22:6 says, "Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it."
How a child grows up is how they become. This is not just scripture — it is science, psychology, and lived reality all wrapped into one truth.
Children in orphanages are not broken. They are waiting. Waiting to be visited. Waiting to be seen. Waiting for someone to show them that they are not forgotten, not excluded, and not alone.
When we — as a community — choose to visit orphanage houses, to sit with these children, to play with them, to simply be present — we are planting something deep in their hearts: the belief that they are loved.
And that belief? It can be the difference between a life of purpose and a life shadowed by mental health struggles, self-doubt, and hopelessness. Research shows that children who grow up feeling unloved and disconnected are far more vulnerable to depression, isolation, and tragically, even taking their own lives.
But 1 John 4:9 reminds us: "In this the love of God was made manifest toward us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him."
Love is not passive. It is action. It is showing up. It is choosing these children — again and again.
You don't need to give a fortune. You just need to give your time. Visit an orphanage. Bring a smile. Read a book to a child. Let them know they exist in someone's heart.
Every child has a story to tell. Let us be the reason their story is one of hope — not one of silence.
As the founder of the Chai Foundation, this is not just my mission — it is my call to all of us.
Let's choose love. Let's choose these children. 🙏
