Welcome!

We're glad you stopped by to check out our blog!  If you're reading this, you've likely come into contact with one of us, and we wanted to share more with you about where God is leading us in our lives.  For the past several years God has been calling us to serve Him through missions, and we have been prayerfully considering what He has in store for us.  As you may already know, we also have a passion for children.  In the process of looking for ways to combine our calling with our passion, James 1:27 was brought to our attention through conversations, sermons, and opportunities.  The New Living Translation interprets that passage as, "Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you."  This led us to the title and web address of this blog.  Due to our human nature, we know we cannot succeed in fully accomplishing "pure religion" as defined in James 1:27, but we want to pursue it by caring for orphans.  

The first step in this process for us is to host a child or sibling group from an Eastern European orphanage this summer (2011) when the orphanages in these countries close for the summer.  We are partnering with New Horizons for Children, an organization that seeks to connect children in these orphanages with Christian families in the United States during summer and Christmas breaks.  The next step in our process with them is raising $4,000 to cover the costs associated with bringing the child to the US and helping the child/children get any medical attention (physical, dental checkup, etc.) that they may need.  If you would be interested in helping us in our fundraising efforts, please go here and click on the "Donate" button.  This will connect you to New Horizons' PayPal account.  There you can donate using your own PayPal account or credit card.  Just be sure to indicate that the funds go to King and Casey Jones so it goes to the right place.   

If you're unable to support us financially, we would GREATLY appreciate your support through prayer and encouragement.  This is the beginning of a life-long journey to pursue the command of James 1:27 and any support that is offered to us is an enormous blessing.  

Thanks for checking out the blog and we look forward to keeping you updated!


Starting the Pursuit,


King and Casey

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