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Couple’s tragic loss leads them to a new purpose – and another child to love
any people assign different meanings to love around Valentine’s Day. For John and Libby Moritz, the word “love” is a verb. After losing their three young children in a car accident 30 years ago, the griefstricken couple struggled with what John calls “the timeline of healing.”
again and lets love win out,” the 66-year-old said. “Some get stuck on the timeline and never reach the healing end of it. We wanted love again more than we were afraid of another loss.”
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As part of their path toward healing, a trip to a remote Guatemalan mountain orphanage spoke to their hearts as they witnessed a young paraplegic man and his wife from Minnesota care for adopted children.
After the Moritz children, Joshua, Kristen and Daniel (above), died in a car accident 30 years ago, their parents found healing with the adoption of their daughter Lily Joy from China (right).
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“There is a process in working through the grief and coming to a place of healing that overcomes the fear of loss
saw the conditions the children faced and felt their loss. We also saw how profoundly love was able to heal their wounds,” he remembered.
“We started to understand the heart of God for helping the fatherless and orphans. We
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