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Maribel Ballesteros Sanchez from Medellín, Colombia, smiles while being photographed on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, in the kitchen at the Roland and Janet Gaines home in Tyler, Texas.   Sanchez was five years old and had lost her father and a sister to the gang-inspired civil unrest in her country when she was "adopted" by the Gaines family through a sponsorship with Compassion International. Founded more than 60 years ago, the nonprofit partners with more than 6,900 Christian churches in 26 countries to work in the lives of more than 1.7 million babies, children and young adults living in poverty. (Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Maribel Ballesteros Sanchez from Medellín, Colombia, smiles while being photographed on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, in the kitchen at the Roland and Janet Gaines home in Tyler, Texas. Sanchez was five years old and had lost her father and a sister to the gang-inspired civil unrest in her country when she was "adopted" by the Gaines family through a sponsorship with Compassion International. Founded more than 60 years ago, the nonprofit partners with more than 6,900 Christian churches in 26 countries to work in the lives of more than 1.7 million babies, children and young adults living in poverty. (Andrew D. Brosig/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

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