Still praying......

Lord, I'm still here... praying and believing and waiting.  Waiting can be hard.  I still have faith that you are going to work all of the finances out to help bring Anna home Lord.  I believe this.  Really I do.  I have seen it happen for many families who have adopted or are adopting through Reece's Rainbow.  Money falling from heaven with love, to go and rescue these beautiful children that sit alone in cribs, waiting for someone to come and take them home.  People have been making donations to help assist families who want to bring orphans into their families, and I mean LARGE donations.  I imagine poor Anna, waiting day in and day out for her family to come and scoop her up and deliver her from the awful life that she lives.  I don't like the fact that she is still sitting there waiting because the money to adopt her just isn't here yet.  I wonder if she's hungry.  I wonder if she rocks herself to sleep at night, because I know that no one else will.  When she cries does anyone come to her and soothe her sweet little soul?  How is her life?  What does her day consist of?  How many times a day is she fed? Do they deny her adequate fluids every day in order to avoid "filling" up diapers, because some orphanages only allow 2 diaper changes a day per child?  Does anyone at that orphanage love her or care for her?  Is she an orphanage favorite or just another baby in a crib?  How much does she weigh?  She is five years old and I wonder, will she come home to us at 5 years old weighing 20 pounds?  Does anyone sing to her or hold her daily?  Will she hoard food when she comes to us, in fear that someone will steal her food? 

All of these things I wonder, on a daily basis.  I don't know any of these things and won't know until we make our first trip to visit her.  Without adequate funding and donations will we get there fast enough to avoid her being transferred to the insane asylum?

I ask everyone that reads our blog, even if you are just now stumbling upon our story - PLEASE won't you join me in prayer and petition our Lord to please help us with finances to go and get Anna?  I have prayed from the beginning, with full faith, that God will let others who can help us, PLEASE let them hear our story and help us with finances to rescue Anna.  Over the last couple of years that I have been aware of Reece's Rainbow I have made donations to help others bring their children home.  I may not have been able to give HUGE donations, but I did pray over the amount that I was able to give and ask God to bless their families.  Now I am believing God for the same thing for our family.

I know that not everyone is able to donate, but everyone can say a prayer for our family and for Anna.  Can you please help make this miracle happen?  If you would like to help you can donate to the chipin on our sidebar to the right.  Or you can make a tax deductible donation by clicking on Anna's picture to the right that says, Anna, help us bring her home.  Or you can write a check made to Reece's Rainbow and mail it to:

Reece's Rainbow

PO Box 4024

Gaithersburg, MD  20885

Whether you donate online or mail a payment, please make a note that your donation is for Anastasia for the Williams family.

*REMEMBER* no donation is too small!

Thank you and God bless you

The Williams family

Look at all of these babies

that need a home!!  This video makes me cry.  Sweet lil' AnneMarie needs a home.  I have been praying so hard that a family will step forward and claim her as their daughter.  She seems to have the sweetest nature about her.  She always seems to be in a stroller when they are outside and I just want to jump into my computer screen and bring her home for myself.  (don't tell Mike) LOL  Somebody go and get this sweet baby girl and make her your daughter.... you wouldn't be sorry if you did it!  Click the link below, after you watch the video and check out her profile.  She currently has $1,085 in her grant fund.

Anne Marie

This video was made by Gretchen's family who recently adopted Ross who was in the same orphanage as Anne Marie, and here is the link to their blog:

Ready for Ross


Seeing all of those precious little ones just lined up in "pens" just breaks my heart.  How can you ever forget a scene like that once you've witnessed it?  I imagine my trip to Eastern Europe is going to be really hard for me after seeing so many children in need and just begging to be picked up and loved on.....  OH my heart is going to break....

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Our email

has been out of order for at least 2 days.  I am not sure what happened but it looks like we lost 28 emails before they fully downloaded.  We use outlook express and it showed that it was receiving 28 messages but they never loaded  :(  So if you have tried to contact me within the past few days, try again please.  It seems to be working now!

By Rick Warren

I received the following in my email today from "Purpose driven connection" by Rick Warren.  I REALLY needed to read this today!




"For nothing is impossible with God." Luke 1:37 (NIV)

God can handle any situation you give Him. No problem is too tough for Him. Nothing is beyond His ability. But the first thing you've got to do is bring it to Him.

What's the decision you're facing this week? What's the mountain that needs to be moved? Cancer? Bankruptcy? Your kids having problems? Can't break a bad habit?

"... Nothing is impossible with God."

In Jeremiah 32:27 God says, "I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?" (NIV) It is almost like God laying down the gauntlet saying, "I dare you. Think up a problem that I couldn't solve. Is anything too hard for me?"

Most of us, growing up, have said, "My daddy can do anything! My daddy can beat your daddy!" I really thought that. But, as I grew up, I began to have my eyes opened. I realized that when it came to my allowance, my dad had limited resources. When it came to advice, sometimes he was just guessing too. My guess was as good as his, because he was an imperfect father.

Ephesians 3:20 says, "God is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes!" (LB) I have a pretty vivid imagination. I can think up some pretty big dreams. I can set some high goals. God says, "My son, you think up the greatest thing you think I could do in your life and I can beat that. I can top that." He is a capable Father.

What can I expect from my Father in heaven? "My God shall supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:19 NIV) He has unlimited resources, unlimited energy, unlimited knowledge, unlimited time. He says I can supply all of your needs.

God says you're forgiven. He says he'll provide. He says we need not fear. To paraphrase the Bible, God says, "I'll take care of yesterday's failures, today's frustrations, and tomorrow's fears because I am a capable Father."

Our home study

is finally finished....whew.....beginning to wonder if it was ever coming!!  Now I sit here waiting on forms that need to go in our dossier that are taking just as long as the home study took.  I just don't get it....they aren't long, gigantic papers, just need a siggy and a notary stamp.  Come on, come on, this sweet face is waiting for us!!  :)

Please pray for us.  We need our forms and we need $$$.  We need to raise $24,000 in a short amount of time.  I've been trying to come up with another fundraiser that would do just that....raise some $$$ for our baby girl Anna.  I hate the thought of her sitting in a crib, lonely.  No one comes to visit her or play with her.  Her family left her at birth.  Why?  Why does stuff like this happen to babies like Anastasia?  I will never be able to comprehend the reasoning behind it, but I guess that is because of the love we have for our daughter Ashlyn.  My love for her is so fierce, that I can't imagine leaving her at the hospital because of her having Down syndrome.  That is why we want to rescue Anastasia.  She will be a treasured gift to our family, just like Ashlyn is.  My oh my, what will we do with 2 princess girls in our home?  We can't wait to bring her home with us!

So, does anyone out there have any good fundraising ideas?  I have been thinking about maybe doing another prize give away, with maybe a laptop this time.  What do ya think??  Help! :)

Thank you all!!

Thanks to everyone who donated, prayed and shared our story with others and helped raise $$ to bring Anna home!!  The winners of our prizes are:

Apple Ipad - Jeff and Renee Clements of NC

Ipod touch - Leah Curran of Texas

$100 cash - Graybeal family of Utah

Thanks for everything!  We are a little bit closer to bringing our Princess home!
The Williams family