He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 10:18-19
Lord we beg for your mercy on behalf of the new family Mia describes as “wolf children.” Please break their hearts to the love and compassion they find at Mia’s Children and make them receptive to care. Give the staff patience and affection for them that could only come from you. Teach us all how to love people who are difficult to love, and to help the foreigners in our midst – as you have asked from us and taught us to do. Amen.