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With Barack Obama's presidential victory yesterday, many are talking about how younger people are getting more active in politics and social causes. Jonathan Merritt is a national expert as a faith and culture writer whose work has appeared in outlets such as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Relevant, Outreach and Charisma magazines. As a voice for the 21st century church, he has been featured by TIME Magazine, ABC World News, National Public Radio and The New York Times. In the link below, you can read his latest thoughts about how Bethany Christian Services is fulfilling the Biblical mandate by focusing on caring for orphans around the world.

http://www.pastorsedge.com/article/help-for-the-helpless-orphan-care-and-the-21st-century-church/

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Paul and Barb Osburn were close to facing the "empty nest stage" in their lives, as they were already parents of three older sons. But they believed that they still had more to give and felt called to adopt a child or children from Africa. Through working with their local Bethany office, they were drawn to the same sibling group - a young girl named Aster and her younger brother Asfwesen. Now those precious children are home in Michigan, doing well, and the Osburn' family is Bethany's first official family who brought home children from Ethiopia. Bethany now has over 100 families across the country in the process of working towards an Ethiopian adoption.

When in Ethiopia, Paul and Barb loved their time experiencing the world that their children had lived in thus far. They were overwhelmed by the needs of the people, but were touched by the hearts of their own children. Aster and Asfwesen shared the first gifts of food they received with the hungry little children that they were meeting on the streets. It was then that Paul and Barb especially realized that they were not only going to be a blessing to these two precious children from Ethiopia, but these children were also going to be a great blessing to them - over and over again.

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Thanks to the great work of staff and volunteers in the Bethany office in Indiana, the mayor of Indianapolis, Gregory Ballard, recently proclaimed that September 16, 2008, was Bethany Christian Services Day for the city of Indianapolis.

The mayor’s proclamation says, “Bethany Christian Services in response to the social needs around us, has provided specialized services in the area of adoption, crisis pregnancy, and family counseling.” He goes on to congratulate Bethany on serving the children and families in Indiana for 25 years.

We recently celebrated our 25^th anniversary in Indiana at an event on September 20 at Eagle Church, where award-winning musician Mark Schultz and others shared their adoption testimonies. With our 43 staff, we have been able unite more than 1,300 children with families.

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Welcome to the brand new Bethany News Blog. This is a place where you can see the latest updates on what Bethany Christian Services is doing to help children and families in need around the world. As a compliment to our popular quarterly LifeLines magazine, this blog will allow us to share amazing stories and significant new accomplishments on an even more timely basis.

Please subscribe or bookmark this blog so you can come back and visit frequently as you will see how the lives of children and families are being improved through Bethany. Thanks to the support of tens of thousands of donors and volunteers, thousands of clients we are able to serve, nearly a thousand staff, hundreds of volunteer board members, we hope you will see how we are called to care and committed to children.

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