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(Camas, WA – July 28, 2019) Author, missionary, orphan ambassador, and speaker Dorie Van Stone passed away today in a retirement community in Florence, South Carolina, at the age of 97.

Dorie was a remarkable woman with an amazing faith. Her life was a living testament to God’s incredible faithfulness amid the most hopeless circumstances.

She was abandoned at a San Francisco-area orphanage as a very young child.

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Shunned by her mother, she had never been held, never been hugged, and never been loved. Those looking to adopt a little girl regularly rejected her. Because of this, she became tough and angry. She frequently fought with other children in the orphanage and was beaten every night before bedtime.

Amazingly, it was at the orphanage that a special visitor told Dorie that Jesus loved her.

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Dorie believed her and grabbed hold of the truth of Jesus Christ. A few years later, she was forced to leave the orphanage. As she left, she was given a small New Testament by a newly hired m Closing the Door - Revive Our Hearts Episode JAL