Hope

In Korean society it is customary to learn everything there is about a person's background (blood type, parents' occupations, siblings, helath problems, what job you have etc) before getting married. If you come from the wrong type of parents there is a good chance of never getting married; at least not the person you want to. Being single, although more widely accepted now, is still highly frowned upon in Korea. So what if you are an orphan? You don't know who your parents are, if you have other siblings, any pending medical conditions you may have, and a variety of other things that they consider 'important' in order to marry. If you look at the two adult males in this picture you can see that they are each married and since the picture was taken one has had a child. Those men used to be orphans at the orphanage and yet they are happily married. It is amazing that they are now married living happy lives. And these two guys remember where they came from and we frequently visit the orphanage with their families I think that it is wonderful that they still help out when they can and help take care of the children there.