"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!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

RIP Anne Marie










Ohhhhh my heart is hurting so bad right now.  I just found out that Sweet lil' Anne Marie has gone to be with Jesus.  I can't even count how many times I prayed for her to find a family of her own.  I looked daily to see if anyone had committed to bringing this sweet girl home.  I just knew in my heart that it WAS going to happen for her.  Many prayers and tears went up to heaven for her and I was sure it would happen soon.  But it didn't.  Did she die all alone?  No, I tell myself.  Jesus was right there with her and always was.  I've been crying so hard I could hardly breathe.  You know what is really sad about this?  There were several families that would have made her their own daughter, but only one thing was in the way.  Finances.  That stinks!  No child should ever be alone or die alone without a mommy and daddy to love them, only because they don't have $30,000 or more to adopt them.  I know many families out there that would love to make one of these precious children a child of their own.  If you aren't able to adopt, could you possibly make a donation to help a family in need who would love to adopt?

Look at these children listed and pray ask God what he would have you do about it.

Reece's Rainbow

4 comments:

The Oxford Family said...

so heartbreaking

Denise said...

Oh no!!!! Any idea what happened? Had she been sick. I know we can't save them all but it is so heartbreaking when it is unnecessary for her to be there in the first place.

Traci said...

As of right now we don't know what happened. I do know that she had a heart defect and was very frail. Poor baby, I wonder if her little heart just gave out :(

heatherbrown said...

I dont know what happened, but she did have a heart condition. From reading other blogs, it also appears that there was an illness going through her orphanage.
Poor sweet baby, if only I had been able to go when I wanted to! I'll never forget that face with the clear blue eyes, and the cupids-bow lips. Oh, my heart.