Journey to the Fatherless

the book

From the author of Fields of the Fatherless, Scared & Priceless

Journey to the Fatherless is a call to do the one thing most characteristic of a Christian – be the hands and feet of Jesus to the least of these. I’ve known Larry for many years and I can vouch for the fact that he lives what he is calling others to. The Journey will challenge you to step out of your comfort zone and in doing so, find the kind of life you have always wanted to discover.

  • Tom Davis, President of Children’s Hope Chest (www.hopechest.org ) and author of Fields of the Fatherless, Scared and Priceless

Read the Introduction

Jedd Medefind is the current President of the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Previously, he served as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush and Acting Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

I am honored that Jedd wrote the Foreword to the Journey of the Fatherless. You can read his comments on the Christian Alliance for Orphans web site at

www.christianalliancefororphans.org/2012/03/30/a-journey-to-the-fatherless

Just Another Book on Adoption?

Not really. This book is about awareness and preparation - for those in leadership and for those called to adoption, foster care, visiting orphans or helping vulnerable children.

Journey is for leaders who must help others become aware of God’s heart for these children.

Journey is for ordinary people who must prepare well before they begin their venture.

Journey is for the Church.

The journey is different for everyone but regardless of the route, we encounter similar experiences along the way. We may have mountain top moments one day with valleys that are deep and lonely the next. There may be spectacular vistas as well as dark nights of doubt, discouragement and disappointment.

Ever gotten lost on a road trip?  It’s confusing and frustrating when you take a couple wrong turns.  Everything looks strange and unfamiliar.

Those feelings of insecurity and confusion are exactly what many feel when they encounter a world they weren’t expecting on the journey to the fatherless.  The map they have, and the things they were trained for … don’t match up with reality. That is why being prepared for the journey is so important.

The book’s theme verse is from our guide who will travel with us

Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”                                             Isaiah 30:21

From the President of World Help

Around the globe, I have seen far too many orphans, too many children starving and even more children living in fear and without hope of any kind. I believe that Journey to the Fatherless will challenge you, enlighten you and embolden you to serve these children as the Lord has compelled each one of us to. Each day I try to live my life in such a way that I will accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.  Please join with me and Larry Bergeron to see that we do just that – for as his book says “the children are waiting”

Vernon Brewer, President of WorldHelp, Inc. (www.worldhelp.net), author of  The Forgotten Children; Defining Moments: A Journey to the Ends of the Earth and Back and Children of Hope

From a Sr. Pastor

Larry Bergeron has written a book that is a must read for every Pastor who desires to take the journey personally and then lead his church to take the journey as a congregation of believers. Journey to the Fatherless will be life-changing and will drastically affect the vision of the church from internal to external, from what I can receive to what I can give and do. The Journey inspires us to think as Jesus thought and to act on what we learn. Enjoy the journey.

From the author of A Passion for the Fatherless

The church desperately needs to know not just that there is a world-wide orphan crisis but also what we can do to intervene.  Filled with biblical principles and practical applications, Journey to the Fatherlesswill inspire and equip you to begin the difficult yet joyful journey of caring for those who are most vulnerable.

Dr. Daniel Bennett, author of A Passion for the Fatherless: Developing a God-Centered Ministry to Orphans, and Sr. Pastor, Bethany Community Church, (www.bethanycommunitychurch.org)