Orphans

[close] This group is the official fanpage of the book Treasures in Dark Places: One woman, a supernatural God, and a mission to the toughest part of India. To read Prologue/First Chapter visit http://leannacinquanta.com/book-treasures-in-dark-places Defying the odds, by age fifteen Leanna had become an equestrian champion. Then, in a series of visions and dreams, Jesus appeared to her and revolutionized her life. A few years later, not expecting to return alive, she wrote a will for her parents, left everything behind, and embarked for northern India. Treasures in Dark Places follows the rigors, heartaches, and miracles of a life propelled by faith into one of the poorest and darkest places on earth. In north India more than 35 million children are orphaned and destitute. Over 25,000 girls are abducted annually for sex trafficking. Dictators and loan sharks force millions into physical slavery while witch doctors and centuries old idol worship imprison even more in spiritual bondage. God’s heart breaks for them. And in His great mercy, He called one unlikely young woman to shine His light in this dark place. With warmth and disarming honesty, Leanna Cinquanta shares the trials and triumphs of living hand-in-hand with God, invading the darkness and liberating His treasures. You will be amazed and encouraged at how the supernatural love of Jesus can transform not just one heart, but the hearts of a nation.

[close] What if you found a world? It is a world that was completely hidden from normal people. What if you found that you were never a so called normal person. What if you were different from all the others? Many teens and younger adults have been finding that they seem that they do not belong, nor do they fit in with normal society. Strange things happen around them. They are changing in ways that most people do not. Some may say that they are…freaks…abominations…..or even maybe they have been called aliens before. But, in the world that is hidden from normals, people like them….are considered regular people. Strange things happen in this world though. There are monsters and many different species of creatures. Maybe even some new looking plants… It is all new to us all. Most of the people who have started to feel the changes that are happening to them were not originally from this world. So that means they had no parents on Earth. So they were all raised in orphanages. Some may have run away, some may have been adopted and some were just left alone. But they all are going to need to return to their original world. Because with the way they are changing, the will not be able to fit in any longer.

[close] A valley where the orphans of every single species are sent to. They formed close bonds with others and some even formed families with other orphans from different species.

[close] Jefferson Smith will be on-hand to monitor and respond to questions through to the end of August. (July 28, 2011 to August 31, 2011) There are three things that make this author different from others - and particularly interesting to get into discussions with. First, in addition to being a writer, he is also a scientist who studies the creative process and how computers can help (or hinder) creativity when people are trying to write fiction, compose music or paint digitally. Second, he used to work in Hollywood on animation and special effects films. If you've seen movies like Jurassic Park, Lion King, Aladdin, Terminator 2, etc., you've seen his work - and he brings much of what he learned there about creativity and adventure telling to his writing. Finally, this is an author who likes working with teens so much that he actually includes hundreds of them in his writing process - workshopping stories, characters, language and attitude with high-school kids across the Canadian prairies - both in the classroom and in workshop settings.