"Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act."

"Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, "Give them up!" and to the south, "Do not hold them back." Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth" Isaiah 43:5-6

"Remember those…who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering." (Hebrews 13:3)

"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves…defend the rights of the needy." (Proverbs 31:8,9)


"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'" Matthew 25:40
This is our journal to rescue an orphan with Down syndrome who lives in an orphanage in Eastern Europe. Anna was left at the hospital by her parents, who refused to take her home because she was born with Down syndrome. In Anna's country people with disabilities are looked down upon and are typically hidden away in orphanages from birth and their outlook for life is not very good. Once the orphan turns 4-6 depending on the region they live in, they are then transferred from the orphanage to mental institutions or insane asylums. Our family desperately wants to make Anna our daughter before she is transferred as she is already 5 years old. We will love her and give her the family that she deserves and give her a future full of hope, despite her disability. When our family stepped out in faith and committed to adopt Anna we didn't have the money that it would take to get her here. God has worked miracles in so many aspects of our adoption. The biggest miracle is that I have had faith all alone that God would send the money we needed to adopt Anna. Through many answered prayers, God made sure we had every penny we needed to make her our daughter!

Please watch this video and see what God says about orphans and the starving children!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Posted by at 1 comment:

Monday, August 9, 2010

New pictures of our girl!

They shaved my baby girls head!!! Why oh why? 
But she is still beautiful!
I was very surprised to find these in my email this morning.
We were told that we would not get any
more information or pictures of Anna until
we were further along in the paper chase!
Oh how I needed to see these :)
I have been on cloud 9 since this morning,
despite this awful migraine I am sporting!!







Posted by at 10 comments:

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Make a donation today- ENDED

Come ooooooon, you know you want one!!!     We are taking donations to help bring Anna home.  Anastasia is a 5 year old orphan with Down syndrome, who lives in an orphanage in Eastern Europe.  She was sent to the orphanage at 17 days old where she has remained. In EE, Orphans with disabilities are tucked away in orphanages and marked by society as worthless human beings.  Around the age of 4-5 they are transferred to a "insane asylum" where they will live out their days in a crib or bed and possibly tied down.

How can you help save this precious little life? If you make an online DONATION you will recieve a hot pink awareness bracelet with "Saving Anna" imprited on it.  We will also put your name in our give away:
1- Apple Ipad 16gb with Wi-fi
1 - Apple Ipod touch
1 - $100

Please share our link with your family and friends through Facebook, email, etc.  If your friends or family make a donation, have them mention your name and we will add your name to the give away again! 
We have got to raise some serious money my friends!!  If you are able, make a donation of $5 and we will send you a bracelet with "Saving Anna" on it and also put your name in once.   Want to donate more?  Donate $25 or more and we will put your name in the give away 25 TIMES!!!  Just click on the chip in button to the right to make a secure online payment through PayPal.  You can also make a tax deductible donation by donating through Reece's Rainbow.  Just click on the picture of Anna that says"Help us bring her home" and it will take you to the RR website where you can safely make an online donation or get instructions to mail a donation.  PLEASE be sure to mention "Anastasia for the Williams family" in order for the donation to go directly to Anastasia, otherwise they have no idea who the donation is for.  Also, you must send me an email to enter your name in the drawing if you make a tax deductible donation through Reece's rainbow, as I have no way of knowing who donated to our fundraiser.  Thank you for considering helping us to bring this precious girl home where she will have a loving family who will love and cherish her!  And most importantly, remember us in your prayers!  Thank you and God bless you.
Love,
The Williams family










Grab This!
Posted by at 10 comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)