About Us: A Ministry Springing from Broken Hearts

While on a ministry outreach in Russia, Beth Love and her husband, Rodney, were broken hearted to see babies wearing rags that barely resembled diapers. It was apparent that the caretakers had used whatever spare rags and cloths were available to them. "Our hearts were always broken when we left orphanages and hospitals," explained Beth, "and we could not get them off our minds." The Loves began to pray that God would reveal a way for them to help these hurting children.

Thinking back to her early days of motherhood, Beth remembered how she had used cloth diapers on her two girls when they were babies. Suddenly she knew that God had given her the desire to provide diapers for other children just as she had provided for her own two daughters. "Disposable diapers were not an option," said Beth. "They were not the best for the children's skin, they were impractical for the caretakers, and they would provide only a very short-term solution at best."

After receiving full support from her husband, Beth immediately began contacting directors and childcare staff in the former Soviet Union. The directors affirmed the great need for diapers, and Beth went to work designing what she now calls the Hearts of Love diaper -- a cotton diaper with a layered lining for extra absorbency. But unlike the diapers she had used on her daughters, the Hearts of Love Diaper uses a Velcro fastening system to allow caretakers safe and quick changing.