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Wesley Wednesday #02…

So this is my second post for Wesley Wednesdays…

Wesley has such a gentle spirit, even in his difficult situation. He needs a family who will help nurture that wonderful kind spirit within him.

In case, you are new to this blog or haven’t read about Wesley. Wesley is an orphan who lives in Asia. My son and i pray for him everyday; we pray for his daily needs and most importantly, we pray for a family for him. Wesley‘s family had to leave him – we don’t know why but it likely had something to do with his medical condition; Wesley has albinism and related vision problems.

Besides praying and sharing his story, we are also helping to grow his adoption grant. Wesley‘s best chances for a loving family who have the ability care for him and the heart to love him just as he is likely lies outside his home country. So that means an international adoption, which are known to be very very expensive, anywhere from US$20,000 to US$45,000. It’s crazy, isn’t it? That trying to bring an orphan into a loving family, which every child deserves, can costs so very much.

Many ask why they should contribute to Wesley‘s grant. My answer is borrowed from a couple who is on a journey to bring home a 12-year boy from Eastern Europe. (Wesley is also 12 years-old). So i quote Tania from 1,000 Loving Jack:

The magnitude of his needs are so much greater than ours.

Now some people might think that this is helping orphans business is not for me. It is not my business. But here again i quote Tania:

If we didn’t step forward and make this commitment to save him, then who was?

She and her husband are bravely stepping forward and adopting Jack. Not everyone is called to adopt. But we are all called to help the needy.

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. James 1:27

i am asking for your help here; to help Wesley to grow his adoption grant so that a lack of funds would not be the reason that his forever family can not reach him. i have a special giveaway for Wesley, running from now till December 3rd. You get a chance to be entered into a draw for some lovely items while helping a little boy who is unable to do anything to change his situation for himself. Please click here to go to the Precious One Giveaway for Wesley.

You can also click on Wesley‘s name or picture to learn more about his story.

There are other ways you can help Wesley; you can pray for him, for his daily needs, for his forever family to find him. You can also share his story far and wide so that the chances of his forever family finding him would increase. Sharing his story and my giveaway would also give you a free entry into the draw.

Thank you so much.

syc

P.S.: Please go here to follow Tania’s and her husband’s adoption journey: Q & A Session « 1,000 Loving Jack.

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Wesley Thanks You…

The Precious One Giveaway for Wesley started yesterday (30 Oct 2012) and we have had our first donors! Thank you so very much. i thank you, my son thanks you and most of all Wesley thanks you. Thank you to Julia @ ConvenantBuilders and Char @ JoyInTheMoments.

i also want to thank some wonderful bloggers and orphan advocates who have blogged about Wesley and shared this giveaway on their blog. Thank you Tersea @ Sleeping UnderGod’sWings, and thank you Kristi @ OneChildOneVoice, and thank you Chelsea @ YouWillGoOutJoy. Also thank you Jackie B. Mulholland @ MyJourneyThroughLife.

i am very touched by the response of all these people. Thank you once again.

According to the WordPress Stats, we have had 24 views of the Precious One Giveaway page. Now that isn’t much but that is a start and i believe seeds have been sowed and i choose to think that each of these 24 said a little prayer for Wesley.

My sweet Wesley thanks you for your contributions. Please keep them coming!

i hope and pray that more will come by, read and take part and share Wesley‘s story, share this Giveaway and make a difference to a little boy living in an orphanage in Asia.

If this is your first time hearing about the Precious One Giveaway for Wesley, please go here to read the details.

If you wish to know more about Wesley, please click on his picture or his name to go to his profile page on Reece’s Rainbow.

Do continue to pray for Wesley and do continue to share this Giveaway so that, together, we can make a difference to one little boy. Remember our target is to get his grant to grow to US$500!

Thank you.

syc

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10 Things I’ve Learned From My Child {With Special Needs}

That’s the title of the blog post i read a couple of months ago and was very touched by it.

In my eyes, before i read that article, even since i was a little girl, orphans have always had a special place in my heart. i had wanted to do something for them since the day i was kept from visiting an orphanage for a school outing. My mother didn’t want me to go. Not because she didn’t want me to help the orphans or learn about them but because she knew me so well and knew that i was be so teary upon seeing them that i would not be of much help. So this desire to help orphans found a very tiny outlet; i gave whenever i could to charities that did help them.

God has led me full circle and now i advocate for special needs orphans who live in countries where resources may not allow them proper care. Even if they had proper care, it is not the same as having a family to call your own; to belong to a group of people who love you regardless of your disabilities.

But this article has turned it around and looked at what a child with special needs could bring to the life of a family.

Have a read: 10 Things I’ve Learned From My Child {With Special Needs}.

i love all 10 points but my favourites are:

2.  Flexibility – I never thought I would allow my children to watch Barney while eating dinner, but Adeline does.  She eats and is not aware of what she is putting in her mouth, it works.

3.  Patience

4.  The value of uniqueness – My children have learned that we all have areas that are weak and strong, and it is O.K.

 

November is little Evelyn’s birthday – won’t it be a great gift to have a family step forward and claim her for their own?

i look at little Evelyn and just know that she has so much to give to a family who would love her just as she is. She is unique; she has weakness such as a short attention span and is limited in her speech. She has FAS (Fatal Alcohol Syndrome). It will require patience to teach her to follow instructions and to help her understand being calm. But with flexibility and a bit of creativity, it can be done.

She will blossom if someone would just take the time and effort to show her how. And i know she can and will be a blessing to the forever family who brings her home. i see in her the capacity to love unconditionally and to be a blessing to the people around her.

But her situation right now doesn’t permit her the opportunity to even think of others. She is an orphan, living with dozens of other kids and given very limited attention or encouragement. She, a 7-year old little girl, needs to look out for herself for now, until someone steps up to look out for her.

Are you that someone? Are you her family? Maybe you would like to find out about that possibility. Please contact Reece’s Rainbow for more information.

Maybe you are not in a position to consider adoption. But you can still help; you can share her story so her forever family can be found. You can donate to her adoption grant so that a lack of funds does not become a reason for her not having a family. Please click on her name or picture to donate.

Last but most definitely not least, you can pray for her; pray for her daily needs and that she would soon have a family to call her own.

Thanks for your kind attention and efforts.

syc