Orphan Adoption, Reconcilation, Restoration Services, Inc.

02/22/2026

Hi,
Praying for you all. James 1:27

Devotional today - we need Jesus (Lord and Savior) every moment and our weaknesses are opportunities to trust him to receive his strength, his peace, his presence and the joy of salvation. Skip

Psalm 86

Great Is Your Steadfast Love

[i]A Prayer of David.

[1] [j]Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me,
for I am [k]poor and needy.
[2] Preserve my life, for I am [l]godly;
save your servant, who [m]trusts in you—you are my God.
[3] [n]Be gracious to me, O Lord,
for to you do I cry all the day.
[4] Gladden the soul of your servant,
for [o]to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
[5] For you, O Lord, are good and [p]forgiving,
[q]abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
[6] [r]Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer;
listen to my plea for grace.
[7] In [s]the day of my trouble I call upon you,
[t]for you answer me.

[8] There is [u]none like you among the gods, O Lord,
[v]nor are there any works like yours.
[9] [w]All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
[10] For [x]you are great and [y]do wondrous things;
[z]you alone are God.
[11] [a]Teach me your way, O LORD,
that I may [b]walk in your truth;
[c]unite my heart to fear your name.
[12] I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart,
and I will glorify your name forever.
[13] [d]For great is your steadfast love toward me;
you have [e]delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

[14] O God, insolent men have [f]risen up against me;
a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
and they do not set you before them.
[15] But you, O Lord, are a God [g]merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
[16] [h]Turn to me and be gracious to me;
give your strength to [i]your servant,
and save [i]the son of your maidservant.
[17] [j]Show me a sign of your [k]favor,
that those who hate me may see and be put to shame
because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

12/13/2025

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08/19/2025

Psalm 10:14(God’s Heart)

[14] But you do see, for you [o]note mischief and vexation,
that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless [p]commits himself;
you have been [q]the helper of the fatherless.

Cross-references

[o]: Ps. 33:13
[p]: 2 Tim. 1:12; 1 Pet. 4:19
[q]: Ps. 68:5; 146:9; Hos. 14:3

08/19/2025

Psalm 10:17-18

[17] O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
you will [v]strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
[18] to [w]do justice to the fatherless and [x]the oppressed,
so that [y]man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

Cross-references

[v]: 1 Chr. 29:18
[w]: Ps. 82:3; [Isa. 1:17; 11:4]
[x]: Ps. 9:9; 74:21
[y]: Ps. 9:19, 20; 17:14

07/24/2025

01/11/2025

Update 2025

board members, supporters, partners, and friends. - OARRS,Inc.

praying for you all now!

Please read below.

if you’re wondering -What is Skip and Oarrs,inc up to? Read below this is a summary of what I did.

Hi.

Thank you for your prayers. Below is a summary of the organizations and ministry people that I am working with.

Matthew 6:20-21 - . . . but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven wear moth and rust. Do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is there your heart will be also.

Hi, update from Skip Ritchie of OARRS-

Thank you so much for your prayers and partnership this past year.

Currently, I am working with three Christian ministries that are Africa based and in terms of charitable deductions, etc. they’re not US registered charities I don’t think.

New Generation Church South Africa, Somerset West Neighborhood Cape Town, South Africa,- is The Church and Contact is Yvette. She leads the Mercy ministry into the townships -called Taste and See Ministry,and she’s the one who had the Green Olive Christian Thrift Store items delivered with (50 lbs. of Bibles donated and delivered ) Bibles and food to 150 needed families at Christmas. (In townships formally existing from apartheid and pop up towns on public lands as small single room Housing.)

The second partner that benefits from the clothing ministry through Green Olive Tree Christian thrift store is Eden Ministries. Eden Ministries has a local relationship with Ian Fry and his wife Heidi that are from Stuarts Draft and she went to Grace Christian school in Staunton. I very much want to continue blessing them as they are caring for 80 children that are vulnerable or have been orphaned in northern Zimbabwe.

And a new emerging partnership is with Pastor Amazing (Kadoma Baptist Church )and his wife in Kadoma Zimbabwe, who have taken on a family of 23 orphans who recently lost their care mother who passed on. I was able to give him several items from the children clothing supply that was given to me from you all. Praise the Lord!

And in terms of training and caregiver encouragement, we were able to meet with the orphanage staff from the Percy house and do some training and provide materials and also we were able to work with pastors who are caring for children in their congregations who have been abandoned.

If more detailed information is needed for the support donation, please let me know. I can be reached by text or phone call 540-421-7003.

Please continue to pray for wisdom and discernment, as we focusing on those in need with clothing and Bibles, and also with supporting orphan care training material that biblically based and gospel centered to promote holistic,care and discipleship and evangelism.

Thank you so much.

By his grace,

Skip Ritchie

11/07/2024

good morning! Praying for you. Praying this the peace of Jesus!

Psalm 29:10-11

[10] The LORD sits enthroned over [n]the flood;
the LORD sits enthroned [o]as king forever.
[11] May the LORD give [p]strength to his people!
May the LORD bless(4) his people with [q]peace!

Footnotes

(4) 29:11 Or *The Lord will give . . . The Lord will bless*

Cross-references

[n]: [Gen. 6:17]
[o]: Ps. 10:16
[p]: Ps. 68:35; [Isa. 40:29]
[q]: Phil. 4:7

11/05/2024

Hi. This is for a private discussion with you thinking about how to lovingly connect with others, focusing on how Jesus helps people and them see how he would like us to do it in the Scriptures and contend for the gospel and  by his grace correct God’s people. Thanks so much. Please see link below.

A fellow minister in our Presbytery recently preached a sermon series called, “Things Jesus Should Not Have (I Wish He Hadn’t) Said!” The crux of the series was that Jesus said many hard sayings that–if we are honest–we would have to admit we find uncomfortable. The fact of the matter is t...