The Saved—and Suddenly Orphaned, by Kevin Wells

Note: World Villages for Children (WVC) is a non-profit organization that financially supports the Sisters of Mary as they help children break free from a life of poverty and trafficking and lead them to Christ. WVC provides food, shelter, clothing, medical expenses, Catholic education, and vocational training to more than 18,000 children in Boystowns and Girlstowns in six different countries around the world. To donate to the Sisters of Mary, please go to www.worldvillages.org/poverty.

 

In early June, the worst secret in the world broke.

It spread like Canadian wildfire smoke into the hardscrabble cities of Chalco and Guadalajara, Mexico. It filtered southeast into the terraced hillsides of Guatemala and Honduras, and then it began to spread into Brasilia and São Paulo, Brazil. It finally settled across the Atlantic Ocean in the dry lands of Tanzania. …

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