What it Means to Love: Alice/Alyssa

Monday, October 14, 2013

31 for 21 - 2 years later.

I posted the following post two years ago this month.... when I originally posted it, all the kids were waiting. When I reposted it last year, I updated on who had a family and who didn't. This year I am going to re-update it!

The pictures from the original post are put with the Down Syndrome Creed, a poem that is so very beauitufl and inspiring.

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My face may be different

Jimmy - Still waiting, has a family working to commit to him.

But my feelings the same

Tabitha - Had a family working to get her before Russia shut down.

I laugh and I cry

Mark - still waiting.

And I take pride in my gains

Brigita - HOME!

I was sent here among you

Rebekah - Stuck in Russia

To teach you to love

Lilly - Had a family ready to commit to her before Russia shutdown.

As God in the heavens

Lizzy - Had a mama working to get her before Russia shutdown.

Looks down from above

Ilya - Stuck in Russia.

To Him I'm no different

Maxim - HOME!

His love knows no bounds

Lyla - HOME!!!

It's those here among you

Dennis - Has a family working to bring him home!

In cities and towns

Timofey - Stuck in Russia.

That judge me by standards

Robert - HOME!

That man has imparted

Chandler - HOME!

But this family I've chosen

Tory - Stuck in Russia.

Will help me get started

Orion - HOME!

For I'm one of the children

Jonathan - Stuck in Russia.

So special and few

Meredith - her family is working to get her!

That came here to learn

Lucy - HOME!

The same lessons as you

Artem K - Had a family working to get him before Russia closed.

That love is acceptance

Vika - Status unknown. She's most likely stuck in Russia.

It must come from the heart

Tanya - Stuck in Russia.

We all have the same purpose

Nadine - HOME with her family - adopted domestically.

Though not the same start

Alice - HOME! (Look at her new picture here!)

The Lord gave me life

Margurete - HOME!

To live and embrace

Cyril K - Stuck in Russia.

And I'll do it as you do

Bobby - Still waiting.

But at my own pace

Robyn - Stuck in Russia.

(Down Syndrome Creed)

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So there we are.

Out of the 28 children in that post...

-10 are HOME!

-3 have families working to get them!

-2 children are still available and waiting for a family - Mark and Bobby.

Mark

Bobby

-And 13 children are still stuck in Russia. Keep praying for them!

Tabitha, Rebekah, Lilly, Lizzy, Ilya, Timofey, Tori, Jonathan, Artem, Vika, Tanya, Cyril K, and Robyn.

Monday, October 29, 2012

A year later....

I posted the following post a year ago this month.... It was interesting to go back and see who is home now, who has a family, and who has a new picture. But the part that broke my hear was how many of them were still waiting, a year later. (Captions in italics under the pictures are updates I added for this post.)

My face may be different