You will benefit by reading the thoughts of this friend of mine as writes about his hopes of soon welcoming into his home three new siblings:
http://untohimwelive.blogspot.com/2010/04/as-my-family-adopts-from-russia-god-is.html
After reflecting on the recent experiences of his parents and the videos they brought home he writes:
"The second impactful moment was captured by a clip in which my mom was hugging one of the three orphans who did not have a host family for the trip. I had seen video clips of these children from points earlier in the trip, and their demeanors had grown more and more dejected and closed as they realized no one would be adopting them. Now, when my mom moved on to hug other children after embracing one of these orphans, the video camera caught his face with an expression of utter loneliness that cut me to the quick. That expression frightened me because I understood that after this event, no one would truly and lastingly care about what happened to him. Good or bad, no matter how great the extreme of his circumstances, no one would be there for him. I was stunned."
"How do you move on from an experience like that? How do you go on and live life normally, knowing that another’s life is filled with hardship, loneliness, and misery? Unfortunately, I’ve done it all too easily. That’s why I need to stir myself to remember and pray. I need to beseech my Heavenly Father to give this orphan and countless others like him the security of knowing Jesus. I also need to beg God that He would inspire Christian families to bring orphans like this one into their homes to show the love of Jesus to them."
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Below are three blogs of families we know currently in the process of adoption:
http://untohimwelive.blogspot.com/
http://nordstromsadopt.blogspot.com/
http://hennsadopt.blogspot.com/
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