We Grieve

Little girl, you are my entire world and I will stand by you forever.

Dearest friends,

This journey has been absolutely amazing and we are so beyond grateful for each and every one of you who has joined in celebrating and supporting this amazing journey with us. Ali means the absolute world to our entire family and we want the absolute best for her, even if it hurts. My husband recently lost his job and without his income we are not in the position to proceed with her adoption and it KILLS us. We are VERY hopeful that he will regain employment in the very near future and none of this will matter but that fact is right now it matters. Right now, my heart is bleeding and broken, it is with great sadness, but extreme love for Ali that we have decided that it is currently in her best interest to remove our commitment.

Satan is great at attacking those on the right path and we all know this, we're choosing to look at this job loss in that perspective and that there is a job right around the corner that will be even better for our family, our adoption, our future adoptions, and life in general. PRAY. Pray that he regains employment in the next two weeks. Pray that Ali is well loved and protected during the winter months. Pray that God shows us his master plan in all this because right now we just feel hurt, and pain, and anger. And we want to know WHYYYY, Why in the world this is happening? why are we facing such a trying time? Why now?

Ali was listed on Reece's Rainbow in February of 2012. I LOVED her, the day she was posted, I LOVED her. Tiny, raw gnawed on wrists, word that she was severely delayed and not walking or talking. I loved her. Never once did I see anyone rally for her, she was one of the left behind, the unnoticed, but always at the forefront of my mind and my heart. We didn't qualify in February though due to age requirements and it was eating away at us inside, she meant the world to us but we couldn't do anything to help her. I talked to a mom who had recently adopted from Ali's mental institution and she told me, sadly she would most likely still be available in 18 months when we did qualify, could it have really been in God's plan to make her wait 18 months for us? In May, just 3 months after we fell in love, the rules changed, we all of a sudden qualified which left us in awe and scrambling to get things in order. We commited to Ali on October 1st and the only thing I can think to compare it to is a twenty week ultrasound, "It's a Girl. She's Perfect. She has Down Syndrome. She's yours" , that's all I can think to compare it too, was surreal, I still look at our FSP in awe that our name ever was or ever could be worthy of being next to her name.  Things are different now though families have met Ali, people are seeing what we see, Ali is one loved, extremely blessed and watched over little girl. That girl is going to move mountains and change the world.

It is with great honor to announce my maternal love for her. I love her in a way that hurts and destroys, in a way that wants to do right by her. 

We have removed our commitment to Ali (Mabel on Reece's Rainbow) because we are not willing to waste her time. She is almost EIGHT YEARS OLD and if my husband gets a job next week and we can recommit she will likely here my celebration all the way from Eastern Europe, but what if he doesn't get a job this week or next week, or the week after that? I can't hold her back, her country has done that for 7 1/2 years, I love her too much to do that, I owe her more than that.

ALI IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION

Bringing home EIGHT boys and a girl

Carrie and Allen adopted their daughter Emsley earlier this year and not long after settling in at home knew they were being called back for an older sibling set  that they had met when adopting last year and a sweet little boy who will be able to grow up with Emsley by his side. Adopting four children in one year is EXPENSIVE, it doesn't end there though, this amazing family has, in 22 months, travelled to bring home seven children. They are in country and received referals for their kids today and are still not fully funded. Please, help me lift the burden of funding.

Their FSP is currently at $101 and needs to read $3,000 to be fully funded, can we rally for this family?

Donate to Bring Home the Fitch Boys

Rachelle and Stephan are in country now adopting these two sweet boys. They have been in country for over a month already and are so close to bringing their boys home. When they travelled they were blessed to have been fully funded but due to delays out of their control it has added several expenses to their process that were not budgetted for. They are now about $2,000 shy of having the funding needed to bring their boys home NEXT WEEK. These boys were looked over for far too long, but they now have a family, HELP bring them home!

Their FSP is currently at $12,222 and needs to read $14,266 to be fully funded, can we rally for these boys too?

Donate to Bring Home the Feinland Boys

Stephanie and James travel next week and are still about $1,500 shy of being fully funded. Special Needs adoption is nothing new to this family, they brought home two boys with Down Syndrome  in 2010. Maxim is 8 years old, in 2T clothing and was transferred to a mental institution over 2 years ago. Maxim has been listed for SEVERAL years, his time has come, he's chosen, loved, and he's coming home!

Their FSP is currently at $3,723 and needs to read $5,200 to be fully funded. No child should go 8 years without knowing the love of a family, let it be Maxim's turn.

Donate to Bring Home the Newest Nance

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Join in their Blog Auction

Laura and Christopher travel in 2 weeks and they are $15,000 short of being able to do so. They are adopting "Ivan" who has Apert Syndrome and has been overlooked for far too long. His family absolutely cannot travel without $8,000 in agency fees and $7,000 in travel expenses.

Their FSP is currently at $1,455 and needs to read $15,000 before they travel.

Donate to Bring Home Ivan

Philip and Maximilian make 8 for the Godone-Maresca family. With 3 biological kids and 3 adopted children at home, this family is eagerly anticipating the arrival of their two newest brothers. This family received their final travel dates but were unable to travel due to a substancial amount of money still owed toward their agency fees and previous in country expenses.

Their FSP is currently at $6128 and they are in need of $7,500

Donate to Bring Philip and Maximilian Home

**EIGHT BOYS GETTING FAMILIES IS A BIG DEAL. BOYS ARE VERY OFTEN OVERLOOKED, HELP BRING THEM HOME, DON'T LET MONEY GET IN THE WAY**

Mabel's Birthday Bash!

Come join us on Facebook in celebration of Mabel's Birthday Bash.

When we kicked off her Birthday Bash on the 7th we set a goal to raise $2,738 for the 2,738 days she has spent without a family.

We're celebrating that this her last birthday in an orphanage and want to make sure she doesn't wait one day longer than absolutely necessary. Every dollar donated is a day she was all alone, lets overcompensate and get her out of there!

All Birthday Bash participants will be entered to receive an amazing party favor!

Mabel's Birthday Bash