love this little girl, who loved to sit on my lap, the kind of love and care that she could only receive in a family.
Before I asked for permission to take Nikki home from the orphanage, I promised God that if He would give me one seed, Nikki, I would open a home for babies that are unloved, not cared for and abandoned. I knew that if God would give me this seed, then I would keep my promise. One morning, I took Nikki to the main office of Vieng Ping

to speak face-to-face with the Director to ask whether I could take Nikki home to care for her. The Director answered that day, a flat NO, telling me that such a thing was impossible and that a Government orphanage could not grant me permission. So, I asked again! When I did ask again, the answer was…"Avis, you are always asking for something difficult!" But then she said that I could take Nikki home for the day, and