"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, September 19, 2011

Photos!!

Someone lost a tooth!
Can you see the little gap on the bottom row?

Please excuse the tape all over her face! She had a procedure at the
dermatologist that day to remove a wart type virus called Molluscum that she
had on various places on her body.  They are very contagious to small children and the dermatologist
recommended we treat them asap.



These pictures  crack me up.  You see, Anna has made herself Ashlyn's keeper.
She thinks that she is her mother and that she must keep Ashlyn in-line.
She also likes to dress her and Ashlyn doesn't mind because she is one lazy
12 year old girl who could care less about wearing clothes or shoes.



I think I like this cold, red stuff!!!!





Ohhhhh I saved the best for last!!!!




See my little brown haired beauty???  She is the main reason these two cute blondies both
found a family of their own now!  Anna is now Ashlyn's sister and the sweet baby boy in the photos with them is Quinton.  Quinton's mommy is Ashlyn's teacher!  She found a EE cutie of her own
when our blog led her to Reece's Rainbow too!!!  God is so good!!
Both of our families are so thankful for these treasures he has given us.




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2 comments:

Crystal said...

I knew that was Quinton when I saw his picture :)

My daughter had molluscum, at least that is what the dermatologist said. We went through a year and half of torture like treatment. They are gone now. I hope you won't have to do that with your little girl. If what they do, doesn't work, you can email me and I will tell you what we did to get rid of them.

September 20, 2011 at 8:30 PM
Heather said...

Amazing how it all works, isn't it? Good job, Ashlyn! You were the means of two kids having a family! Way to go!

October 4, 2011 at 2:14 PM

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