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June 25, 2012

3 Lost Boys at 47…

i was not planning to post today. But i read this post at A Little Lemonade and knew i just had to join my voice with the others and shout out to the world about the Lost Boys at Orphanage 47.

Orphanage 47 is a mental institution for special needs boys aged 6-18 years old. When they reach the age of 18, they will be transferred to an adult mental institution. Where the boys are right now, they do not have the privilege of toys or books or even nice furniture. They sit in their chairs, all in the same room all day when the weather is bad. When the weather is good, they sit in their chairs in an outdoor shed. Doing… nothing… simply sitting and staring…

There are a lot of lost boys in this orphanage. However, only 3 have been listed as available for adoption. We don’t know the reason why only these 3 but i am grateful that at least they have been listed and that we can advocate for and pray for them.

So join me today in praying for Hanson, Heath and Porter, and in sharing their stories, please.

hanson-cropped-288x300 — 7-year old Hanson needs a family to love him.

Hanson is 7-years old and really needs a family to see to his medical needs so that he can do much better. He has US$2314 in his adoption grant. A little over US$190 more and he will be listed in the Sizable Grant category where he can get more notice. Please do help where you can.

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

Heath – my little Heath, my prayer warrior child, 11-years old and waiting so very many years already. He needs someone to love him and care for him and show him that he matters. He has US$9133.94 in his adoption grant, that’s almost halfway to a full grant. Share his story.

porter-cropped-300x266 — 7-year old Porter needs to be in a loving family environment and not in a mental institution.

Porter – he is the one who has moved hearts and prompted this outpouring of posts for the boys of Orphanage 47. He is HIV+ and his delays are likely (unconfirmed) are a result of his institutionalisation. This 7-year is a recent transfer and i dare say is not doing well, being away from his wonderful baby house where he got presents and was engaged in activities. He has US$2050.60 in his adoption grant. Pray for him.

We need God to move hearts and hands and feet and mountains. We need God to bring these 3 boys their families. It will not only benefit them, but the other lost boys at 47 too. Because when their families come for them, the carers and the director of the institution would hopefully realise that there are families out there for these boys and more boys would be listed as available for adoption.

So please, if you have considered expanding your family, would you think about whether one of these boys could be yours? Would you please pray for their daily needs and for their forever families to come for them today? Could you share their stories, advocate for them so that more will see/hear about them and hopefully their families can be found?

Here are the other posts about the Lost Boys and Orphanage 47.

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June 20, 2012August 15, 2012

I Shall Not Live In Vain…

Maryanne from Poetic Inspirations posted this and i love it and so i am reposting here.

shallnotliveinvain20120619emily-dickinson — Reposted from Poetic Inspirations. Poetry Print by Art by Andrea

And i firmly believe i am not praying for special needs orphans in vain, that even if just one of them finds a family, i would rejoice! i trust that God has a plan for my little Heath, that He is preparing a family for my lovely Heather. i just have to do my part; pray and advocate, be a voice for them who have none.

Today i would like to speak for Dmitry.

dmitryH25C — Doesn’t he look adorable and bursting with potential?

He will be 8 in a few months. His profile (click on his picture to view the whole profile) lists so much potential; potential which can be brought to their fullness under the care of a loving, supportive and encouraging family. i can just see Dmitry being the boy who would be the first one to tend to a friend who has fallen down, he would be the one who surprises all with his skills at workshop classes. Do you see what i see?

He needs his family if he is to know that he has that potential and have the opportunity to shine in that potential. So please help; pray for him, share his picture and story so that his family can reach him sooner. Stop and think – could you be his family?

This has been a post for Teamwork Tuesday on Reece’s Rainbow Prayer Warriors.

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PS: do remember to pray and advocate for my little Heath and my lovely Heather.

June 11, 2012June 13, 2012

Fulfilling A Birthday Wish…

Today is all about fulfilling the birthday wish of a fellow prayer warrior over at Reece’s Rainbow. Her name is Lynn and her heart is for special needs orphans, in particular the ones from an orphanage we know only as Orphanage 42. So her wish is that on this day, her 42nd birthday, we would help her to highlight all the children who are up for adoption from Orphanage 42. And this is exactly what i will be doing here…

Meet Simeon. He’s a lovely little boy, almost 5 years old, with dark hair and big brown eyes. He is significantly delayed, and diagnosed with cerebral palsy. But a family who managed to visit him in 2011 said this, ““Simeon” is barely responsive to stimuli, but I believe that could change if he received regular, loving attention…” He is also said to be a calm child.

Here’s 4-year old Presley. Isn’t he just a cutie?! He is a very happy and affectionate child. He is mildly delayed cognitively, but he does have leukemia. He needs a loving family who can support him and help him thrive and take care of his medical needs.

This is sweet Haven. She is 6 years old and is said to be afraid of strangers. But i know the right family environment can lead her out of her shell and she will blossom. She has significant medical needs (celiac disease, CP, toxic Hepatitis, hypotrophy of III stage), so much more is her need for a caring family.

Meet Chase. He would be turning 5 in a month’s time and really needs a family to help him navigate this big wide world. Seeing his handsome face, i just know there is a wonderful boy waiting to come out. His medical needs are as follows: obvious mental delay, poor understanding, almost does not speak, nervous, not even-tempered.

Here’s Ivan. He’s only 4 and a half and will face going to an institution soon (likely an adult mental institution), where he will likely be bedridden for the rest of his life. He has the potential to be so much more, he just needs a family to support him and the right therapy. His medical records indicate: Cerebral Palsy, muscle spasticity, and significant psycho-motor delay. He is not able to walk at this time.

Lovely Darina is almost 5 years old and faces going to an institution soon and, like Ivan, will be bedridden for life if she is not adopted. But she could do so well in a loving family, despite her many medical conditions, which are as follows: congenital brain abnormality, atopic-astenic syndrome, delay of mental and motor development, microcephaly, hip dysplasia, congenital isotropy of both eyes, koch valga to the left (foot position).

All these lovely children will have a chance at a better life if they had a family who would care for them, love them and give them the positive encouraging environment which all of us need to raise to the challenge of living a full life. Are you their family?

Maybe you are not ready to adopt. But you can still do a little to help these children. You can donate to their adoption grant (a bigger grant means that their forever family can reach them faster). Just click on their pictures to go to their profile page which contains a donation button.

You can also pray for them. Pray for their daily needs to be met and most importantly for their family to find them asap. You can share their stories so that more will know and you never know who reads it and passes it along and then along the way, their forever mummy/daddy would spot them and come for them.

They have no voice to speak for themselves. We need to speak for them.

Do also remember my little Heath and my lovely Heather as you pray for, advocate for and donate to these orphans.

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