A Greeting
Message to
MPAK Visitors!
From the Late
Bertha "Grandma"
Holt
Founder, Holt International Children's
Services, Inc
Note: Beloved
Grandma Holt passed away on July 31, 2000 at Creswell, Oregon. She has left a
legacy of love through adoption and through her faith in God. She is remembered
for her statement that, "All Children Are Beautiful When They Are
Loved." Generations of adopted children represent the product of her
simple act of obeying God’s leading in her life. To homeless children and
adoptive families around the world she was simply “Grandma Holt.” The
following letter on behalf of MPAK was written on August 1999.
Dear MPAK Visitors:
I am so glad you are
visiting the MPAK web site. I have been helping homeless children in Korea to
have families of their own for close to 43 years by establishing the Holt
International Children's Services, Inc. My husband Harry and I began the work
with the vision, "Every Child Deserves a Home of His Own." That has
been the motto at Holt International for all these years.
Each year, many Korean children are being placed into families in the US and in Europe. However, a greater number of children remain homeless in Korea. I really believe the time has come for Koreans to open their hearts and homes to the homeless children in Korea. I say this with a sense of urgency since Korea will end the foreign adoption program sometime in the future, thus forcing many children to grow up in orphanages in Korea.
I am very grateful that an organization such as MPAK was formed to promote adoption in Korea, where the concept of adoption is not popular. MPAK's founder, Mr. Steve Morrison is one of thousands of children I can proudly claim as my grandchildren. Steve was orphaned at an early age and was adopted by a wonderful family in the US. He is now a space systems engineer working in the aerospace industry researching in satellite systems technology. Steve has faithfully served as a member of the board of directors at Holt International for sixteen years. Steve's dream is that someday Korea will become as open to adoption as it is in the west. My hope is that someday Korea would view adoption as something very beautiful, and many Koreans will adopt homeless children in Korea.
I pray that there will be other adoptees and Koreans who will join Steve in this Mission to Promote Adoption in Korea. May God bless you all.
Lovingly,
Bertha "Grandma" Holt