"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!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Don't walk....run!

over to Marissa's Bunny and check out the awesome giveaway they have!  This family is desperate to raise funds to help pay for medical fees for the daughter Marissa, who has infantile spasms and another little boy that has the same condition.  In order to raise funds to help pay for some of their medical fees they are holding an iPad giveaway and you might be the lucky winner!  It only costs $2 to enter but of course the more you donate the more chances you have of winning!  For every $1,000 goal that they reach, they will be giving away 5 iPads!  This is an amazing chance for you to help a child in need and have a chance to win a great prize!

Infantile spasms are a debilitating condition that causes infants/toddlers to have multiple/many seizures a day, every day.  Our daughter Ashlyn also had these horrible seizures as a baby but was blessed to be free from them after having them for a year.  When the seizures began, Ashlyn ended up losing most of her muscle control and it took many years to recover.  She didn't walk until she was 4 years and 10 months old due to the horrible seizures that she endured as a baby.

Won't you please make a donation to help these families who are facing a long road of treatment and hopefully recovery?
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