Spiritual Life

Baja orphanage founders share experiences Sunday

Bill and Kaye Lawrence, founders of the Rancho Santa Marta orphanage and school for developmentally challenged children in Baja California, are scheduled to speak 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Union Presbyterian Church of Los Altos, 858 University Ave. A light lunch in their honor will be served at 11 a.m.

In 1978, the Lawrences purchased a 450-acre pig farm in Baja California and turned rundown buildings and pigpens into homes and schoolrooms. The orphanage currently houses more than 40 orphans, and the school serves an additional 150 students who are bused in daily by the Mexican government.

More than 120 years ago, the prophet founder of the Baha’i faith wrote, “It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens.”

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

In her May 11 column, “Remember the ‘one thing’: Love God and one another,” Sharon Lennox-Infante wrote about Christ’s exhortation to love God.

Union Presbyterian Church of Los Altos has scheduled an InSpirit Praise and Prayer Healing Room 10 a.m. to noon the second Saturday of every month in the sanctuary, 858 University Ave.

Director Laurie Kurgas said the healing room offers prayer for anyone feeling discouraged or battling an illness or injury.

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