Tag: orphanage

Anything Is Possible

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. A 10-year-old boy runs away when his mother is reported missing while serving on an overseas Army rescue mission. He finds shelter from the city streets at a local orphanage where his incredible talent at the piano is discovered, and…


Freed Missionaries Tell How They Escaped Haitian Kidnappers

Escaping captors in the middle of the night, 12 Christian Aid Ministries missionaries hiked silently through the moonlit Haitian jungle, pausing at times to pray for the direction that led to freedom. For roughly 10 miles, they pressed forward, through thick, thorny brush: a married couple, 10-month-old baby, 3-year-old, 14-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy, four single…


Masters Cruises to Paralympic Gold in Hand-Cycle Time Trial

A thought recently struck Paralympic gold medalist Oksana Masters: What would young Oksana, the one who shuffled between Ukrainian orphanages, think of this grown-up version? Young Oksana was always resilient, determined and headstrong—qualities that helped her persevere through years in an orphanage and with birth defects believed to be from the aftermath of Chernobyl, the…


2 College Students Meet by Chance on Bus, Discover They Once Lived in Same Orphanage in China

A pair of Virginia college students thought they were strangers when they found themselves sitting beside each other on a campus bus. But after striking up a casual conversation, they found they had some incredible things in common: they were both adopted, and both came from the same orphanage—in China. The two students say their…