Foster Care Across Borders: Liberia to United States

During Foster Care Month, we are reminded that the call to care for vulnerable children transcends culture, language, and borders. Recently, Project 1.27 had the privilege of training two families originally from Liberia who are pursuing foster care certification in the United States.

Grace, a single mother, and Lorpue and her husband, Daniel, each felt called to open their homes to children in need.  For Lorpue, the calling is deeply personal.

As a young child in Liberia, Lorpue was sent to live with an aunt and remembers the pain of being separated from her mother. When civil war broke out in her country at the age of ten, her childhood changed forever. She witnessed violence and devastation that no child should ever endure. Families were displaced overnight, food and water became scarce, and safety was uncertain.

During one period of fleeing attacks, Lorpue found refuge in a University building crowded with children who had lost parents or become separated from their families. She remembers hundreds of frightened children gathered together with only a few adults trying to care for them. In the midst of fear and uncertainty, something lasting was planted in her heart, a deep compassion for orphaned and vulnerable children. Her story is a powerful reminder that God often uses our hardest experiences to shape compassion and purpose.

Lorpue, Lisa, and Grace

This Foster Care Month, we celebrate families like Grace, Lorpue, and Daniel who are answering the call to care for children with courage, faith, and open hearts.

As Scripture reminds us, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress” James 1:27  We are grateful to walk alongside families who are helping make that promise a reality for children in need.

By Lisa Marr, Family Connections Manager