How Much is a Million?

There are 153 million orphans world wide.  To understand how vast of a crisis this is, first we need to  comprehend what that number really means.

How long would it take to count to a million? Consider counting once per second (until those numbers get big and it'll take longer than one second just to say the number) counting eight hours a day, seven days a week, it would take a little over a month to count to one million!

1 million days = approx. 2,700 years              

If 153 million people stood shoulder to shoulder they would easily line the 10, 913 mile perimeter of the United States over four times.

If you could pray for an orphan with every breath you take, at 10 breaths/1 minute (then do the math) it would take you over 2 months.

If all the states population along the East coast of the U.S. plus Kentucky and Tennessee's population you would be near 140 million people.  So add the population of Texas and you'd be just over 153 million people.  Imagine each and every one of them being an orphan.

I found this interesting study while researching and as a visual learner, this really makes sense for me.

It is estimated that there are 1 million grains of salt in 1 Cup.  If you look at one cup of salt and see each individual salt crystal as if it were one child and imagine one million children.  Now imagine 152 more cups of salt and each of those crystals representing a child, that is how great the crisis is.

A number is just that, a number.  We can learn to understand it's capacity, but what is the most valuable about this number, is not the value of the number, but that each unit represents a living being, a child, a soul, and a creation of God's.  THIS, deep in your heart, makes one life at a time worth saving.  

This statistic is overwhelming, and to do nothing about it because someone else will, just isn't true. They won't. Sadly, because many don't even know the crisis exists.  We didn't. And now that we do, we have to do something.  Something for one, (actually we are adopting two!) and when speaking of the soul of a precious creation, one is a big number. 

Maybe adoption is something you just can't do in your family or haven't felt called to do.  That is not the only way to help a child in need nor is it the only solution to this vast problem. There are many ways you can help. Click here.   

Prayerfully consider helping an adoptive family- I just happen to know one that is still fundraising to meet their goals (wink-wink! and thank you!!!)

The important thing is that you DO something though... Now that you know...