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Please Pray…

i learnt about sweet Teresa a few days ago and have been praying for her every day since and every time i sit down at the computer i pray for her. i am pleading with the Lord of Heaven and Earth to extend His Amazing Healing Hand and heal her, heal Teresa’s heart so that it would beat strong again. i pray that He would bring her back to full health so that she can fully enjoy the love of the family who crossed oceans to bring her home 3 years ago. They love her so very very much and are not ready to let her go home to Heaven yet.

i should explain a little about Teresa’s condition.

She has CHD (Congential Heart Disease) and recently received a transplant. But there were problems with the donor heart; issues with ventricle function. The doctors went back in to try to fix the problem. They did their best and now the left ventricle is functioning but the right one is having problems. They are giving the whole heart a rest so they have her on ECMO (a machine which serves like a replacement for her heart and lungs when they can’t function at their best).

Keep praying that the Lord brings healing to Teresa.

This is the latest update from her family:

Everything Teresa has been through and she is still fighting! Today she could not come off ECMO because her right side of the heart is not working. There are two different views as to why this is happening. One – her pulmonary pressure is too high , two- -just poor right ventricle function, rejection. She will have a cath. to try and figure this out. First her lungs are VERY wet and need to improve . She is also having Arrhythmia. All her other numbers look good . She is peeing and her kidney function has improved .

She is fighting so hard to live. Just like everything Teresa does she never gives up until she gets things done her way . She is really trying right now to be the BOSS. Please share and ask EVERYONE to pray . Watching her like this is very hard.

I keep reminding myself that Jesus LOVES Teresa far more than I will ever be able to. HE is looking at her life from Heaven and I can only see it from earth.

He surely must know that I need her in my arms right now more than HE needs her in His.

This is a photo of Teresa on her First Holly Communion Day. She was given special permission because of her age. She said she loved Jesus so much she was going to MARRY Him! This is the day she married Jesus.

Please please pray for little Teresa. You can follow her journey here. If you have committed to praying for Teresa, you can join this Facebook group to keep updated.

Dear Lord, hold Teresa and her heart in Your Hands. Help her heart to function as it should, strong and in good rhythm. i pray that the Lord grant her doctors wisdom to give her the right treatment. i pray that Jesus brings comfort to her family as they try to patiently wait for her to get better. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

syc

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No Fancy Words…

That’s right. i have no fancy words or story for you today. Just a simple plea.

Little Wendy needs a loving family to help her through life.

Please see little Wendy. i mean truly SEE! See her fighting spirit, see her beautiful soul, see how much she needs a family to help her through life.

Wendy was born too early. How long exactly has she been at the orphanage? i’m not sure but i would not be surprised if it has been her entire life; 7  long years! She faces being sent to an adult mental institution if she doesn’t find a family asap.

Can you imagine hearing those strange noises of people banging their heads, rocking themselves so hard they fall off the chair, people screaming for sheer boredom, people self-comforting by slapping themselves? Hearing all that while unable to see at all? Having to deal with CP without any help? Given the bare minimum to survive because that is all that is available?

That’s what Wendy faces if she is not adopted soon.

Her carers at her orphanage love her and i know they would love for her to have a family; a family who would love her just as she is, who would show her such care so that she no longer has to fight to live, a family who would be able to provide her educational opportunities she would never have in her home country, a family who work with her on therapy treatments, a family who would be proud of her, just because she is her.

Are you that family? If yes, please contact Reece’s Rainbow for details on how to adopt her.

Even if you feel you can not be her family, you can still help:

  • You can share her story on social media so that her forever family might see her and come for her.
  • You can pray for her daily needs, pray that she is able to stay at the orphanage till her forever family comes for her, pray that she stays strong, pray that her forever family steps forward real soon.
  • You can also give towards her adoption grant to ease the very expensive journey her forever family would have to take to bring her home. You can click on her name or picture to go to her profile page to donate.

You can read another Teamwork Tuesday post about Wendy here. Thank you very much.

syc

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Disability Does Not Mean Inability…

If you look up the word ‘disability’ on dictionary.com (i did), you will find an interesting entry under Synonyms:

…disability is some disqualifying deprivation or loss of power, physical or other:…  Inability is a lack of ability, usually because of an inherent lack of talent, power…

Disqualifying deprivation,  loss of power, a lack of ability, inherent lack of talent… such sad words… i would contest lumping ‘disability’ together with ‘inability’!

To me, ‘disability’ simply means one aspect or a few aspects of a person’s many abilities is not complete or is not functioning to its fully extend. ‘Inability’, on the other hand, to me, means the person is completely unable to or even unwilling (frozen by fear?)to try to do whatever it is the ‘ability’ refers to.

In the light of that view, would you please see Oberon and see his ABILITIES!

6.5 years old and needing a family to help him along in life.

He is able to walk, run.. He can play with toys, is sociable and helpful. He is cheerful and lively. He is sweet and peaceful. He sounds just like a normal little boy.

Well, he does have one disability – he is profoundly deaf. He can not hear human speech. He may be able to hear loud sounds but human speech has never reached his ears. He has what is called stage 4 deafness.

But does this mean he doesn’t have the ability to live life to its fullest? Does this mean he can’t learn or eventually have a job? Does this mean he has no future?

At the moment, where he is, no future is looking to be a real possibility. He lives in a country which does not have good support for people such as him. He is not valued by the society he lives in. Therefore he has to live in an institute.

But deaf people can succeed in life when given the right form of education and given the opportunity to learn and shine! i know – i have seen it happen.

So please look pass his disability and see his ABILITIES!

Can you imagine Oberon in your home? Being part of your family? If yes, please contact Reece’s Rainbow to find out more about the adoption process.

Even if you are not ready to adopt, you can still help the world know about Oberon and his abilities. You can use social media and share his story with everyone you know so that his forever family might be found.

You can also pray for Oberon, pray for his daily need, pray that his forever family steps up for him real soon.

You can also help to grow Oberon‘s adoption grant, which at the moment is very small. As the society he lives in can not and is not ready to accept and support him, his chances for an education and a full life lay across the seas in a country which can and will. So this means international adoption, a ridiculously expensive adoption process. So please help ease his forever family’s way to him. Give whatever you feel led to give. Click on his name or picture to go to his profile page to donate.

Here’s another blog post about Oberon.

Thank you.

syc