Day 21: Tobias for the Quiambao Family… Forty to Forever…

Today at Forty to Forever we are rallying around the Quiambao family who is already in country to pick up their 2 precious boys and one of them will share the same name as my little boy… they are there to bring home Tobias Asher šŸ˜‰ But their other little guy is ill and they are now expected to visit him in a far away hospital and pay his medical expenses which were not totally unexpected but it will certainly stretch an already tight budget… please help them.
Today’s Lent Devotion shows us how to run the long distance God has called us to run… we need to be soled with His Word! Have a read and then go read, soak in, drink in, absorb the Word of God… syc

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Our Goal is to raise $500 for Tobias… $317 to go!

Tobias 2The Quiambao family is in travelling in country now meeting their children! Ā They are adopting two adorable boys, Tobias and Josiah. Ā Here is part one of their amazing story, come back tomorrow for part two!
ā€œWe knew as soon as we saw a baby boy known as Fletcher on Reece’s Rainbow that he belonged in our family. I cannot explain it, I had looked at and loved so many little ones as we’ve prayed over the years. This was different, it was like looking at a picture of my child. I excitedly showed the newly listed page to my husband to scroll through, telling him that I thought our baby was on there but not pointing out Fletcher in particular. I wanted him to be fully convinced without my swaying.
As he scrolled through the many sweet faces, he…

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Day 20: Drake for the Schmitt Family… Forty to Forever…

Today at Forty to Forever, we gather to help the Schmitt family bringing home their second little boy, Drake! That’s right they are bringing home TWO! They are a family who have always tried their very best to help others. It is time for us to help them… please go over and contribute to their adoption grant and take part in the Giveaway.
Today’s Lent devotion is simple, short and sweet – Be rooted in God’s Word… it is His Instruction to us in life and we can not do without it… so have a read and take action! … syc

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Our Goal is to raise $500 for Drake… $433 to go!

drake 1Meet Drake! Ā His specific diagnosis is Freeman Sholden – syndrome a form of arthrogryposis which affects the joints, but is non progressive.Ā Todd and Melissa saw Lance and were instantly in love and completely committed to bringing him home – no matter how hard they may have to fight to get him.

So many precious children are listed on Reece’s Rainbow that they felt they would want to adopt another child ā€œsome dayā€, but none of those beautiful lives were called to them…other families scooped some of them up and others they didn’t qualify for and they resolved to focus on Lance for now. Until Drake. Drake got an updated picture and video and Melissa was absolutely astounded that this was the same little boy. She showed Todd just to marvel at the miracle and then tried to move on…

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The Voice of an Eleventh Grader…

That’s right… a school kid wrote something which has touched my heart… she may still be in school but her heart is way way bigger already. Her name is Ann Louise Pass.

She wrote about international adoption and domestic adoption (specifically American domestic adoption) and she is coming from the point of view of a bio-child whose parents have adopted internationally.

The one line which grabbed me is the sentence in bold:

Since her adoption, my sister has traded her Chinese culture for American, but she has not suffered any deprivation. On the contrary, she is blessed. What matters most to her is not her birthplace, but that she has been cared for by a loving family and given the opportunities to have a better life than she could have had before.

Such loving eyes! He needs a mummy and daddy to love him.

And that is what i wish for for Kurt today; that he can have a loving family and have the opportunities he will never have if he stays in his home country, simply because of his slightĀ disability.

Kurt is described as a delightful child with very mild CP and he can walk on his own. We don’t know more at the moment but i see such a depth of love in those big brown eyes of his. His country allows for large families and older parents to adopt. He has a wonderful advocate over at Sleeping Under God’s Wings. Read what she says about him there.

Is Kurt the son you are missing from your family? If so, please do contact Reece’s Rainbow for more information.

Would you help Kurt find his forever family by sharing his story and praying for him?

He has a very small grant at the moment and a larger adoption grant would help his forever family along on their journey to him. So do consider helping to grow his grant. Click on his name or picture to go to his profile page and donate.

Thank you.

syc

PS: you can read the whole of Ann Louise’s article here.