Haitian Orphans and the Indianapolis Colts
What do Haitian Orphans and the Indianapolis Colts have in common? Two seemingly unrelated topics and yet both are in the news. What is the tie? This week Indianapolis responded in an overwhelming way to both demonstrating an amazing sense of community. Last week emails were sent out by some of the largest area churches about a plane with 300 orphans that would be arriving in Indianapolis. Families were needed to take in the orphans in pairs of two to shelter and house the children, with the intention of fostering and eventually adopting the children. The time frame given was immediate--within 2 days the children were to arrive. Within 24 hours of the emails going out, 500 families raised their hand and said we will take care of these children. The heart of the people in Indy is huge. It was later reported that there will be Haitian orphans coming to this area, but the arrival would not be so imminent, and the number would likely be muc...