{"id":2568,"date":"2013-02-19T16:45:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T21:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christophers\/?p=2568"},"modified":"2014-12-26T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T16:09:09","slug":"the-drop-box-for-unwanted-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/christophers\/2013\/02\/the-drop-box-for-unwanted-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Drop Box for Unwanted Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Every day, unwanted babies were abandoned on the streets of Seoul, South Korea. In order to save these childrens\u2019 lives, a pastor and his congregation created a drop box where babies could be left safely, then cared for by volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Now, college student <a href=\"http:\/\/dropbox-movie.com\/mission.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brian Ivie<\/a> has created a documentary about this movement called \u201cThe Drop Box.\u201d Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/41412962\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/41412962\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cThe Drop Box\u201d \u2013 Documentary PROMO<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/bivie\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brian Ivie<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>H\/T <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchofthemasses\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Barbara Nicolosi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every day, unwanted babies were abandoned on the streets of Seoul, South Korea. 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