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The Drop Box: How 500 Abandoned Babies, an Act of Compassion, and a Movie Changed My Life Forever
Ted Kluck, Brian Ivie
3.27 AVERAGE
5 reviews for:
The Drop Box: How 500 Abandoned Babies, an Act of Compassion, and a Movie Changed My Life Forever
Ted Kluck, Brian Ivie
3.27 AVERAGE
This book is a wonderful story of redemption, and God's forgiveness and love.
It follows the story of Brian Ivie, an aspiring director. He wants more than anything to make his own movie, As time goes by and he's not getting much closer to his goal, he begins to get into things he shouldn't.
Finally he is able to find a good opportunity, and jumps into it. After he has filmed it, he realizes how his motives were all wrong.
Pastor Lee and his children in South Korea make a very moving story. Pastor Lee and all the volunteers sacrifice so much in their lives, just to help these helpless little babies and children. The are unforgettable people, whose story deserved to be shown to the world.
This book really strengthens your faith, and makes you question your own motives. Are you holding on to something which is wrong? It makes you ask yourself wether you are really serious and devoted to God. Would give up yourself for others like Pastor Lee did?
Overall I think this book deserves at least four stars! The beginning was little boring to me, but that didn't go on very long only a few chapters. The rest of the book for sure made up for it anyway.
I would definitely recommend this book to others, especially those who have gone into bad things in their life and doubt that God would forgive them.
It follows the story of Brian Ivie, an aspiring director. He wants more than anything to make his own movie, As time goes by and he's not getting much closer to his goal, he begins to get into things he shouldn't.
Finally he is able to find a good opportunity, and jumps into it. After he has filmed it, he realizes how his motives were all wrong.
Pastor Lee and his children in South Korea make a very moving story. Pastor Lee and all the volunteers sacrifice so much in their lives, just to help these helpless little babies and children. The are unforgettable people, whose story deserved to be shown to the world.
This book really strengthens your faith, and makes you question your own motives. Are you holding on to something which is wrong? It makes you ask yourself wether you are really serious and devoted to God. Would give up yourself for others like Pastor Lee did?
Overall I think this book deserves at least four stars! The beginning was little boring to me, but that didn't go on very long only a few chapters. The rest of the book for sure made up for it anyway.
I would definitely recommend this book to others, especially those who have gone into bad things in their life and doubt that God would forgive them.
This is one of the few books where I would recommend the movie over the book. It's not a bad book; in fact there are a lot of great things about it. However, be aware that if you are expecting more about the Lees from the movie The Baby Box, this book is actually the story of Brian Ivie, the film-maker, and his journey to faith.
I really enjoyed the movie, but the book fell flat for me. It was more of an autobiography for the filmmaker than the story of the Drop Box Pastor and his ministry. I was hoping to learn more about Pastor Lee and his work, but in this case, the movie does a much better job of doing this.
I can't believe I am saying this, but watch the movie, skip the book. Unless you are really into film making and want to read a filmmaker's memoir..
I can't believe I am saying this, but watch the movie, skip the book. Unless you are really into film making and want to read a filmmaker's memoir..
First, I need to clear the air about that one-star rating.
My heart has always been drawn to Asian culture. Ever since a young age, I thought Asians "were the prettiest people ever" (to quote nine-year-old Lindsey).
I became active in the China adoption community back in 2012, when I was thirteen. I started following over 200 adoption blogs about families adopting from China. Come 2015 I was hearing buzz about The Drop Box in South Korea and definitely wanted to go see the documentary.
As much as you can enjoy/love a movie featuring such heartbreak, I did. I went home and painted the logo to the drop box, with the Korean Hangul and the phrase "Jesus love you" which is actually on the box in South Korea, to the Scripture Psalm 27:10 in my Journaling Bible.
Fast-forward to late 2016, I had went to China that summer and started enjoying K-dramas and K-pop that winter.
Now: I've had this book on my TBR since seeing the movie. I thought, like most avid readers, that the book would be better than the movie.
This one sure wasn't.
It took 65 pages to get to the South Korea parts of the story, the majority of this book reading like an autobiography of the director of the film and writer of this book.
Ivie shares about his addiction to porn and how he used to undress woman in his mind.
Now let me say, that I'm glad he's changed in that regard; but I still wasn't expecting this book to be what it was, and I'm very disappointed.
Content wise up to page 145:
2 ‘sexy’s; Mentions of porn & watching it (Brian looked at it often in high school & college; Mentions of him imaging to undress women, being talked to seductively, & hearing their moans); Mentions of sleeping around & sex; Mentions of kissing, girlfriends, boyfriends, dating, & liking girls; Mentions of suggestive texts & flirting; Mentions of abortions & newly born babies abandoned; Mentions of unwed & teenager mothers; A couple mentions of cheating on a spouse; A mention of date rape; A mention of a brothel; A mention of an American dream of sex, drugs, & jazz; A mention of hormonal needs.
1 ‘Oh ----‘, 1 ‘dumb’, 1 ‘gosh’, 2 ‘stupid’, 1 ‘suck’, two forms of ‘crap’; Mentions of cursing (not written); Mentions of drinking, drunks, beer, & whiskey; Mentions of drugs, marijuana, & drug dealers; Mentions of smoking & cigarettes; Mentions of hitting & yelling at a woman; Mentions of fighting; Mentions of pranks & calling kids ‘gay’ and yelling at them; Mentions of aliens; Mentions of a horror movie; A couple mentions of a man running over a child; A couple mentions of embezzlement; A mention of an infertile butcher; Many mentions of pop culture, books, movies, actors/singers/celebrities, & songs; Mentions of Harry Potter; A few mentions of brand names; A couple mentions of getting R-rated movies as a kid.
Brian learned more about God & having a relationship while in South Korea; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God & faiths; Mentions of prayers, thanking God, & forgiveness; Mentions of Christians & a pastor; Mentions of Christmas; Mentions of a church, sermons, & witnessing; Mentions of going to church & Mass; Mentions of rosaries & cross necklaces; Mentions of religion; Mentions of Bible & Bible reading; A few mentions of those & events in the Bible; A couple mentions of Narnia being biblical prophecies; A couple mentions of a Saturn deity.
My heart has always been drawn to Asian culture. Ever since a young age, I thought Asians "were the prettiest people ever" (to quote nine-year-old Lindsey).
I became active in the China adoption community back in 2012, when I was thirteen. I started following over 200 adoption blogs about families adopting from China. Come 2015 I was hearing buzz about The Drop Box in South Korea and definitely wanted to go see the documentary.
As much as you can enjoy/love a movie featuring such heartbreak, I did. I went home and painted the logo to the drop box, with the Korean Hangul and the phrase "Jesus love you" which is actually on the box in South Korea, to the Scripture Psalm 27:10 in my Journaling Bible.
Fast-forward to late 2016, I had went to China that summer and started enjoying K-dramas and K-pop that winter.
Now: I've had this book on my TBR since seeing the movie. I thought, like most avid readers, that the book would be better than the movie.
This one sure wasn't.
It took 65 pages to get to the South Korea parts of the story, the majority of this book reading like an autobiography of the director of the film and writer of this book.
Ivie shares about his addiction to porn and how he used to undress woman in his mind.
Now let me say, that I'm glad he's changed in that regard; but I still wasn't expecting this book to be what it was, and I'm very disappointed.
Content wise up to page 145:
2 ‘sexy’s; Mentions of porn & watching it (Brian looked at it often in high school & college; Mentions of him imaging to undress women, being talked to seductively, & hearing their moans); Mentions of sleeping around & sex; Mentions of kissing, girlfriends, boyfriends, dating, & liking girls; Mentions of suggestive texts & flirting; Mentions of abortions & newly born babies abandoned; Mentions of unwed & teenager mothers; A couple mentions of cheating on a spouse; A mention of date rape; A mention of a brothel; A mention of an American dream of sex, drugs, & jazz; A mention of hormonal needs.
1 ‘Oh ----‘, 1 ‘dumb’, 1 ‘gosh’, 2 ‘stupid’, 1 ‘suck’, two forms of ‘crap’; Mentions of cursing (not written); Mentions of drinking, drunks, beer, & whiskey; Mentions of drugs, marijuana, & drug dealers; Mentions of smoking & cigarettes; Mentions of hitting & yelling at a woman; Mentions of fighting; Mentions of pranks & calling kids ‘gay’ and yelling at them; Mentions of aliens; Mentions of a horror movie; A couple mentions of a man running over a child; A couple mentions of embezzlement; A mention of an infertile butcher; Many mentions of pop culture, books, movies, actors/singers/celebrities, & songs; Mentions of Harry Potter; A few mentions of brand names; A couple mentions of getting R-rated movies as a kid.
Brian learned more about God & having a relationship while in South Korea; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Mentions of God & faiths; Mentions of prayers, thanking God, & forgiveness; Mentions of Christians & a pastor; Mentions of Christmas; Mentions of a church, sermons, & witnessing; Mentions of going to church & Mass; Mentions of rosaries & cross necklaces; Mentions of religion; Mentions of Bible & Bible reading; A few mentions of those & events in the Bible; A couple mentions of Narnia being biblical prophecies; A couple mentions of a Saturn deity.
A great, well told testimony that makes "The Dropbox" documentary all the more remarkable.
(Full disclosure: I represented the authors on this project)
(Full disclosure: I represented the authors on this project)