Gifts Have Been Made

The children of Russia have been denied families by their president.  He has made it clear that they will not be lifting the adoption ban in the foreseeable future.  Sadly, Abbott is stuck there, in a mental institution, most likely for the remainder of his life. I pray that a family will bring him home, but statistically, that rarely occurs there.  The special needs children are not the ones who escape through domestic adoption.

Reece's Rainbow has prayerfully made the tough decision to gift the Russian childrens' funds to children who are available for adoption.  Lives will be saved, just not Russian babies lives.  They allowed advocates to have a voice in the gifting of the funds. Abbott's funds have been given to Jackson, who is in PRC.

Jackson's fund is now at $3865.40. My first goal, besides seeing him on MFFM, will to be to round that total out to $4000. Next, we'll get him moved onto the $5000+ Moving Mountains page!  Donations can be made by check or Paypal.

UPDATE: Jackson's fund is up to $4027.40!  Please keep sharing his story!!

UPDATE: Jackson's family has found him!  Praise the Lord with me!! Visit his family's blog to follow their journey and to see NEW pictures! Once they have their FSP (Family Sponsorship Page), I will post with a link. Until then, donations can not be made.

Reece's Rainbow Updates

There have been quite a few "happenings" regarding the children I advocate for on Reece's Rainbow. I'll start with the bad news....

As you've probably heard, a certain country has banned adoptions of their discarded children by Americans.  Despite the fact that hundreds of these precious children die every year in state "care" and they are almost never domestically adopted, even the special needs children are being denied families if those families happen to be American.  Some of the children I have advocated for are in this country.  Abbott and Angelina, who I hoped would someday be brother and sister, are now almost certainly going to grow up without hope of a family of their own.  Please pray for them.

In better news, Mabel has a committed family!!  I'm so thankful that she will be home soon. This family  doesn't need any help fundraising, so I won't be posting any more opportunities to help bring her home.  I will post, if I am given permission, a picture of her with her afghan that the crochet class made.

Meet Lillie! 

Lillie will be the next little girl to benefit from Hooked on Hope, my family's crochet fundraising page. I'll be blogging about various opportunities to help build her fund and bring her home!  If you want to help support Little Lillie, you can go join this page: Sweet Cheeks Fan Club.  Let me know if you will be praying for her and her family!!