Tag: teamwork tuesday

That really should NOT be a question – it should be a statement:

Love the widows and orphans of the world.

Because that is how it is written in the Bible, that is what God expects us to do; to help those less fortunate than ourselves, to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves, to care enough to actually move our hands and feet to be part of God’s plan to be a blessing to these who need it most.

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

In Chapter 1, James speaks about what we would face as believers of Jesus Christ and what we need to do to continue our walk as believers. The above statement concludes Chapter 1 and that gives it great significance, because a concluding statement sums up what was said before, doesn’t it? We need to ask God how we can practically live out that statement.

You don’t have to be specifically called into a ministry for orphans or into a ministry for widows to help. There are small ways you can help, right from where you are sitting now.

Today i would like to present you some ways you can help a specific orphan.

Please help Colin today.

Colin is an orphan with special needs who lives in an Eastern European institution and he has CP. It seems to have affected his legs but otherwise he is healthy. It has been noted that with therapy and a supportive family to help him, he has tremendous potential for improvement and living a full life!

How can you help Colin?

You can pray for him. Pray that his forever family sees him and comes for him. Pray that his daily needs are met, that somehow he could get some of the therapy he needs, that he stays strong and healthy mentally, emotionally and physically while he waits for his forever family to come.

You can share his story, share on FB, Tweeter and other social media. You never know who is reading and one of those people reading your post or this post might be his forever family.

Maybe you are Colin‘s forever family? If you think so, if you feel in your heart that this blue-eyed boy belongs in your family, please go to Reece’s Rainbow to find out more.

There is one more thing you can do to help Colin. You can help grow his adoption grant by donating to his grant account on Reece’s Rainbow. A bigger grant would allow his forever family to reach him faster. Click on his name or picture to go to his profile page to give.

Colin has a wonderful advocate over at Saving His Sparrows, please go over and have a read. Another Teamwork Tuesday blogger, at SwissMaman, has written a lovely post about Colin too, see here.

Thank you very much.

syc

PS: you can read a bit more about today’s title here

Have you thought about the future? i’m sure you have. And if you have children, regardless of their age, you would have thought about their futures too. What are your hopes and wishes for your children?

Orphans are children who have no one to dream of their futures on their behalf. They can’t even dream of a future of any kind, at least not until their forever family finds them.

Below is a short document about children in Ukrainian orphanages.  It also shows adults who were orphans and still are left in institutions because of their disabilities, however minor; they have been deemed unworthy of society’s attention, beyond shuffling them from institution to institution. Please have a look at the documentary before meeting the sweetheart today’s post.

Deti (short documentary movie made in Ukrainian orphanage) :: Orphans and sick children of Zaporozhye, Ukraine.

Now meet Brandi! Isn’t she simply a doll?

But remember the scenes you see in that documentary of the adults in the institution? That is what the future holds for Brandi if a family doesn’t come and claim her as their own.

The psychologist in the documentary repeated that the greatest wish of all the children is to have a family. And that is Brandi‘s wish too. She may not be in the same place as featured in the documentary but she is in a similar situation. Although she may have carers who try their best, but nothing beats having your own family to lean on, to care for you, to love on you everyday for the rest of your life.

Brandi has CP and microcephaly, but is physically active. So it seems her special needs may be minor. Her file does state that she has delays in brain development and psychological development but i’m sure a loving family would be able to help her overcome these delays.

Could you be that family who can love her and help her? If you think so, please contact Reece’s Rainbow for details.

Not everyone is called to adopt. But everyone is called to help… can you help? Can you pray for her? Pray for her daily needs and for her forever family to be found.

You can also contribute towards her adoption grant. Click on her name or picture to go to her profile page to donate.

Brandi has a wonderful advocate over at Life’s Beautiful Butteries (Life Is Beautiful). Do go over and support her fundraisers.

UPDATE: Watch this YouTube video and Brandi’s adoption grant could grow by US$10,000. Simple watch and share and once it gets to 12,000 hits, Lydia will be receiving US$50,000 (we are supposing acculmulated affiliate type fees from YouTube) and Brandi is one of the 5 orphans she has picked to help 🙂

Thank you very much.

syc

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.

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 slight 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.