"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, May 23, 2011

Happy 6th birthday Anna

Our sweet little Anna had to go through yet another birthday without her family.  She turned 6 years old today.  I thought about her all day long.  What was she doing? Did anyone even acknowledge that it was her birthday today?  We thought for sure she would be home by now with us, her forever family, celebrating her birthday.  I do have faith in knowing that this will be the last birthday that she will celebrate in a mental institution, all alone. Hang on sweet girl, we are coming for you as fast as we can and you will have the biggest birthday party you can imagine.  We leave in 13 days headed to her country for our second visit.  Hopefully we will have court and she will be declared forever ours.  I am dreaming of the day we carry her out of that place and begin our new lives together.



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2 comments:

AKauffman said...

Happy Birthday!!!! We can't wait to meet you!!!

May 23, 2011 at 9:47 PM
Katrina said...

Praying that God will give her peace and she will know that you are coming for her soon :)

May 24, 2011 at 3:05 PM

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