Williams family adoption journey: New pictures of our girl!

"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!

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!!

10 comments:

amyl4 said...: She's beautiful! And you are very blessed to get new photos.:); August 9, 2010 at 6:34 PM
heatherbrown said...: Oh, WOW, have I been wanting to see these! She is as beautiful as ever...and I cant wait to see her with shining,long hair, safe in her new home!; August 9, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Maria and Family said...: I hate that they shave their little heads. yuck,but i love that they dressed her all up pretty for a picture ! She looks so pretty.; August 9, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Denise said...: Darn that razor!!! But oh her beauty still shines through. She has such an adorable face and I am so glad that you shared these with us.; August 9, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Kirsten said...: Ohhh, how beautiful is she!! what precious pictures!! what a treasure...; August 10, 2010 at 12:23 AM
Sandi said...: Since she's at the age where she would normally be dumped into a bed and ignored, it is nice to see they dressed her up and took her outside for the photos. She's a cutie!; August 14, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Grizzly Bear said...: She is gorgeous! I have fallen in love with her over a year ago and I am so happy she has a forever family. I was so worried when I didn't see her listed and for the past week I have been thinking about what happened to her.

GOD bless you! :); August 16, 2010 at 1:15 AM
Maria said...: I can't wait until you bring her home; August 16, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Anonymous said...: What a beautiful little girl, it makes me so sad that they shaved her head. I can't wait to see her home with you with long beautiful locks!; August 25, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Amanda said...: She is so beautiful. We are adopting through RR and live near by in Hickory. Would love to get to meet your family sometime.; September 1, 2010 at 2:51 AM