"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!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Resting with Jesus


Just look at that sweet face.  Can you imagine no one loving on her and giving her kisses and hugs?  Some people say- who would love a child like her?  Yes that is how people from her country in Eastern Europe feel about children with disabilities.  But so many people at Reece's Rainbow DID love this little girl, me included.  I can't tell you how many times I prayed for this sweet girl.  I just *knew* that any day now someone would step up and commit to be her mother.  Never in a million years did I think I would read those awful, awful words.  Anne Marie has gone to be with Jesus. 

Her fight on earth is over.  She is not alone anymore.  She doesn't have to bang her head on a crib just so she will have stimulation from something....

She doesn't have to sit in that stroller anymore and watch all of the other "healthy" children run around and play.  She doesn't have to sit and watch more of her friends be taken away by loving families, while leaving her behind.  She is in the arms of her sweet savior forevermore.

What did she die from you ask?  Dehydration...yes she was dehydrated.  She apparently got a virus that was going around the orphanage, became dehydrated and her little body just couldn't take all of that neglect anymore.  This hurts my heart so immensely.  I just can't stand the thought of a baby girl that no one took time to love and nurture, died from dehydration and probably also, a broken heart.

Our family is on a rescue mission to save a sweet little girl just like Anne Marie.  She is five years old and also has Down syndrome.  Her name is Anna.  Anna lives in an orphanage in Eastern Europe as well.  Her parents refused to take her from the hospital when she was born.  She was sent to an orphanage at 17 days old where she has remained since then.  Anna is living on borrowed time.  She turned 5 years old in May and we have been trying  so hard to get to her before they transfer her to what they call insane asylums.  Yes, that is where children with disabilities go in EE around the ages of 4-6 depending on what region they live in.  Our family WANTS to add Anna to our family so that she will no longer be subject to hunger, trauma or neglect.  We want her, despite her disability.  There are so MANY more families who want to do the same thing but can't afford the high cost of international adoption.  We can't afford it either!  We took a step in faith as we committed to her, believing that some way, some how, God will provide the ransom cost that we need to go and get her.  Could you please help us to save this little girl before she becomes another statistic?  How can you help?  We are starting a fund raiser tomorrow for another great prize, and HOPING and BELIEVING that God will provide a way.   If you would like to make a tax deductible donation you can click on Anna's picture to go to Reece's Rainbow and make a donation.  Please be sure to mention "Anastasia for the Williams family" so that your donation will go towards Anastasia. Thank you and God bless.








Meredith Cornish is a mommy to 7 children, almost 8 and possibly 9!  She wrote the following poem for another child that lost their life due to sickness and neglect in an Eastern Europe institution.  Here is her website if you would like to follow her journey as well.

Cornish Adoption journey


While we were eating…
… they were hungry
While we were playing…
… they were restrained
While we were tucking our kids into bed…
… they were alone
While we turned up the heat…
… they laid in the icy cold
While we wrapped our children in blanket sleepers…
… they laid in their own excrement
While we sang songs and listened to music…
… they listened to the screams and cries of those around them
While we rocked our babies…
… they silently rocked themselves
While we hugged our kids…
… they scratched at their own faces and pulled their own hair for stimulation
While we cried over scraped knees…
… they moaned in their loneliness
While we brushed our daughters’ beautiful hair…
… they had their heads shaved to stave off the lice
While we fought off the flu with love and nourishment…
… they got the flu and went Home.
No longer suffering… but so many more still are.

In memory of those that have never felt the love of a family, but have passed away alone.

By: Meredith Cornish
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