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September 17, 2012

What’s It Like To Have Down Syndrome?

Melissa Riggio has Down Syndrome, and she talks about her life, her classes, her hopes and dreams.

Please read about what she has to say here:

What’s It Like To Have Down Syndrome? — National Geographic Kids.

i hope and pray that one day my sweet Heather would also be able to express herself and tell us about her day at school, her dream job and talk about her friends.

But my lovely Heather would only be able to do that if she has the same educational opportunities as Melissa and the only way that Heather can have the same prospects is outside of her home country.

reecesrainbowHeather-3 — This is a recent photo – a bit over a month ago… she needs her family to come for her today…

She is an orphan. She is a special needs orphan. Without a loving family, she will not get the resources to enable her to have a future like Melissa does.

Reece’s Rainbow is the advocate website which lists special needs orphans, helps get them exposure which hopefully, prayerfully will bring their forever family to them.

i am doing my best to help Heather get attention too. This month, September, is her birthday month. (We don’t know exactly which day.) So i am writing a post dedicated to her every Monday in September. This is my third post. (See here for 2nd post and 1st post.)

So i’m asking again, please join me in praying for little Heather. Praying that she will be given the opportunities which Melissa has. Pray that her forever family will find her and bring her home quickly. Pray that her daily needs to be met while she is at her orphanage.

If you are considering adoption at all, please do consider my little Heather. (Click on her name or picture to read more about her on her profile page.) Or contact Reece’s Rainbow to find out more about adopting her.

Do contribute to her adoption grant (Click on her name or picture to get to her profile page where she has a donate button), which is very small at the moment. A larger adoption grant would increase her chances of being noticed. It would also help her forever family reach her faster. Please donate, every little bit helps.

If you do contribute to Heather‘s adoption grant, please leave a comment below with your email address so that i can send you a little Thank You (hand-crafted) gift.

syc

September 17, 2012September 18, 2012

God Has Done It… Again!

reecesrainbow_heath20120301 — 11 years old Heath, is a cutie who needs his family asap.

That’s right – He has indeed! He has worked a miracle once again and i think we have met the matching grant for my little Heath, which i talked about on Friday. (Click here to read about it.)

Julia, over at CovenantBuilders, reported contributions of US$2005.15. The Johnsons reported pancakes sales of US$800 and there were a few other reports of various amounts which i am not sure whether or not Julia had included them in her report. But just taking Julia’s reported amount and the pancake sales, it is already enough to meet the matching grant!

Praise the Lord! Thank you God!

Since i could not be at any of the events, i will point you to others who were. Here are 2 summaries. (i’m sure there are others but i haven’t had time to gather them all together.)

Update: another post from another wonderful lady who loves little Heath. (18 Sept 2012)

WholeLottaLovin

Thank you to everyone who contributed, whether in giving donations or taking part in a car wash or bought a pancake or bought something at the yard sale or bake sale etc…

Thank you also to the tireless volunteers who have all worked so very hard to help this little boy’s adoption grant grow, all in hopes that his forever family will see him and bring him home quickly.

syc

PS: If you visit Heath‘s profile page (click on his name or picture), his adoption currently reads US$13583.70 (as of Monday, 17th September 2012, at 9.25pm – Swiss time). It will take a week or so for all the contributions to show on his profile. Also the matching grant will only be contributed at the end of the month.

PPS: Please do keep on praying for Heath, for his forever family to come for him and for his daily needs. Also please do continue to share his story so his family does find him quickly. And if you feel led to give towards his grant, every little bit helps and it will most definitely be appreciated by the family who comes to bring him home. A bit more would also mean that maybe his family could contribute more to his institute to better the living conditions of the ones who remain there.

September 16, 2012

Taking a Breath Here…

The previous two weekends have been busy busy busy… so it was a nice change this weekend to have nothing going on and just be… well, almost… Tobias did have a birthday party to go to but that left mummy and daddy free to just do some shopping for self 😉

So what kept us busy the last two weekends? Here’s the scoop.

The weekend of September 1st: we attended Walter’s colleague’s wedding apero (that’s the reception for those not familiar with the Swiss term). It’s a rather casual thing, not a big dress-up do like in Asia. The only people who do dress-up is the bridal party. Everyone else comes in smart casual at the very most, it is also acceptable to come in jeans and t-shirt. The basic idea is to come and celebrate with the happy couple and wish them well.

Camera 360 — Isn’t it cute how the guests formed a little passage with flowers tied to hoops?

i like that idea – no pressure to dress to the 9’s and simply enjoy the party and the company. It was nice since Walter’s firm did away with the company ski weekend, i haven’t been able to meet and know Walter’s colleagues better.

Plus point – we went without Tobias as he had a birthday party to attend that weekend (yes, this is birthday season for his class). So an afternoon of mummy and daddy time.

We came home and rested for a bit and then were off to a musical evening. We were invited by Tobias’ violin teacher to hear him play in an ensemble. They presented music from the 1800s. It was quite lovely. It was a short one hour and a bit event. There was coffee, tea and cakes if you so desired.

i love the fact that there are many of these little musical or artistic events are held in and around the little villages here. And there is no expensive entrance fees; just a small donation is asked for. This is truly bringing music and the arts to the community.

The weekend of September 8th: Well, there was our wedding anniversary (read about it here). That morning, i had a Day Away for Women seminar to attend. So that was a full Saturday.

On Sunday, we were invited to a 100-year party. Tobias’ schoolmate’s family of 5 added up their ages and it equalled 100. So it was an excuse to celebrate 😉 We went and had a good time, getting to know some of our Swiss neighbours better.

The family was able to rent an entire villa for the party! It is part of a cultural quartier in Bern and the big house is open for rental. There was a lovely playground and chalets on the other side of the compound as well.

The weather was simply beautiful – one last warm weekend before the autumn cold hits in full force.

That pretty much wraps up our busy weekend. Glad to have some normal and quiet this weekend.

Wishing you a good week ahead.

syc