Williams family adoption journey

"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, April 4, 2011

Our two trips to rescue Princess Anna has turned into three trips now. After going on our first trip, adding up expenses and figuring out the expenses for our second trip and our extra third trip we still need to raise an additional $3,000. Will you please share our story on Facebook, emails, friends and family, etc to help us raise the extra money? If God has gotten us this far, he will certainly provide the means for our family to make Anna our daughter....I have faith in that! We found out this weekend that "the powers" in Anna's region want some things done differently so that means extra paperwork and extra expenses, but the worst thing is that it throws additional time in there that we don't have a court date yet :( Please pray that we are able to get every piece of paperwork we need in a speedy time to avoid a delay in getting a court date. Thank you and God bless each and every one of you for all that you have done for us!

3 comments:

Sandy Winey said...: Oh, how I am praying that your financial needs will be met completely and that you soon will get a court date so that you won't have to repeat medical paperwork. But most of all, I'm praying that little Ana will soon be in the wonderful home she deserves!; April 6, 2011 at 8:29 PM
The Mac's House said...: I'm sharing your blog on facebook and donating some money to hopefully get you a bit closer to that third visit and final adoption!

Go Princess Anna!; April 10, 2011 at 5:19 PM
Traci said...: God bless you!; April 11, 2011 at 1:17 PM