"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!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Overwhelmed.....

with kindness, love, generosity, etc. As the saying goes “God does his best work through people”. How true this statement is. I have met some of the most amazing friends along our journey to adopt Anna. From the beginning of our journey I had comfort from the Holy Spirit that I did not need to worry about financing our adoption. God knew our finances, yet he still called us to step out in faith that he would provide a way for us to adopt Anna. So far God has provided for every need that we have had financially, in one way or another. We are praying that our journey to bring Anna home will end next month as we are hoping to get a court date ASAP. Please pray that our court date will come in time in order for us to avoid $1,200 more in charges for an additional medical exam in her country. We were told to do our medical exams on our first trip, but the exams are only good for 90 days, well our 90 days expires in May! Please pray that our paperwork will be correct and finished in order for us to get a court date soon.  Also, please pray for our little Anna and for God to protect her while she waits. We are so anxious to get her home where she belongs and give her a loving and forever family. My arms just ache to hold her again. How much longer Lord, how much longer?



Speaking of sweet and generous people… my good friend Debbea called me today and told me that her little girl wants to have a spa night for a couple of her moms friends. She said that she would to do treatments for these ladies for free but they can make donations to help bring our Anna home. Now how sweet is that? This little girl is only 9 years old and wants to help us bring our baby girl home! Also, a lady named Rachel who sells Premier Jewelry and has offered to do a party for me and she will donate all of the profit to Anna’s funds! God is good, people are good! Thank you Lord! Our original plans were to raise $30,000 for our adoption funds. We have reached our $30,000 goal…yaaaaayy wooooo hooray…. And then found out we will need to make a 3rd trip to her country. So now we are working on raising an extra $3,000 to help fund our last trip. We are already a little under that last $3,000 after a donation that was made this past week!! If God has brought us this far, I have faith that he will provide for that last, unexpected trip. Believe with me! Pray with me! Share our story and pray some more! xoxoxoxo
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