"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!

Friday, May 13, 2011

Please Pray!

We need your prayers!   We got an email this morning telling us that our facilitator is going to talk with the judge and try to see if they will accept our medical exams if they expire just a couple of days after our court date. Our medical exams expire around the 25th of May, so the email I received this morning gives me hope that they are planning on us having a court date at the end of this month!!!!!! Please pray that we do not have to  do our medical exams over because they will cost over $1,200 for both of us.  Thank you for all of your prayers and donations.  We still have donations coming in and we thank each of you for all that you have done for us to help us break Anna out of that institution and give her a loving family.
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Derek Chirch said...

Thanks for sharing the video at the top of your page...such a powerful presentation. Reposting on our blog!

Derek and Alyssa
kayleeshope.blogspot.com

May 16, 2011 at 9:08 PM

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