Please PRAY for Mila!

Please pray for sweet Mila! She is undergoing surgery today to drain excess fluid around her heart. And also pray for her family (I posted about them here for Faithful Friday). 

Since being home, Mila hasn't had it easy, with one thing after another. This is her 3rd surgery since she got home in November. 

You can go visit Mila's blog HERE! Thank you for praying!

Have you seen?!?!?!

Have you seen the news!?!?! Have you heard!?!?! I have, and I'm SOOO EXCITED!!!! 

Check it out RIGHT HERE!! Do you see who is on that page?? It's LYLA/LILIANNA!!!!!

Do you see the name peaking out at the bottom of that page???

Scroll down a bit and you'll see THIS! (Ok, not the red arrow..)

This all means... she has a FAMILY coming for her!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!!

THANK YOU JESUS!!!

The other day I got a nasty comment saying something along the lines of I shouldn't be encouraging people to fund child trafficking, and Lyla didn't need a family. I laughed it off and deleted it, because some people are soo misinformed! Lyla's family is going to be sooo blessed by her!!

I guess 125 is a magic number! This is the 125 post in which I've posted Lyla's picture! Now, despite the fact I love her so much, I'll stop posting her picture, and from now on you will see only pictures of her with the family that is working to get her, and pictures of her WITH her family!!

GOD IS SOO GOOD!!!

Faithful Friday - The Patterson Family

Does anybody remember when I went crazy posting about fundraisers and posted three in one day? One of the ones I posted about was the John 14:18 gear the Patterson family was selling to raise money for their adoption of two boys they had hosted over the summer - Vlad and Dima.

I got my pink hoodie for Christmas, and I have worn it almost every day since (it's been washed a few times, of course!)

"I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you" - John 14:18

So this first Friday of 2012, meet the Patterson family!

The Patterson family's adoption journey has been anything but predictable. When the Patterson's got to Ukraine, they had a dramatic twist of events in their adoption. They discovered the boy's biological aunt was taking them into her custody and their family would no longer be able to continue with the adoption. Though heartbroken, they believed God had brought them to Uk***ne for a reason. 

They had gone over to get to "healthy" boys with no special needs besides needing a family. But God had bigger plans. He led them to two 6 year old boys with Down syndrome, in URGENT need of a family. Both were/are very tiny and scheduled to transferred any day. And the dear Spitz family who is adopting Gavin, was actually at the same orphanage as Patterson's new boys and were able to get updated pictures for them! Meet the two very special little boys they are now bringing home!

Oleg

Shane

Summer Spitz with both boys

OLEG and SHANE for the Patterson family — Wimberley, TX

The Patterson Family currently has 10 children, but soon they’ll have 12!  They adopted Chrissie, one of Reece’s Rainbow’s “other angels”, from Serbia in 2009.  On May 19, 2010, Chrissie went to live with Jesus following complications from open-heart surgery.  In the summer of 2011, the Pattersons hosted two Ukrainian boys in their home for 5 weeks, and they pursued adopting both boys after God confirmed for everyone that this was His will.  Well, God had a big twist in those plans, all intricately laid out by the Author of life, and while in Ukraine in December 2011 to adopt their host boys, God closed the door on adopting their host boys and opened it to adopt Oleg and Shane!  It’s a crazy story that could only be written by God.

12/21/11—DOSSIER SUBMITTED; WAITING FOR APPT

Follow the Patterson family's adoption journey on their blog www.AllArePreciousInHisSight.blogspot.com

$325.00 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

The Patterson's are currently back at home waiting for their appointment to go back and meet the boys, and can really use your support and prayers as they are also going through a difficult loss right now. 

I am honored to wear my sweatshirt that helped to bring Oleg and Shane home, and I hope you will consider doing your part too! Thank you!

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I feel bad taking the attention of the end of this post off the Patterson's, but the reality is, this princess NEEDS a family, and I won't stop posting her picture until she does!!! There are many that love her, and I pray that many will soon include her parents working hard to bring her home. Won't you pray with me?

Waiting Wednesday: Aisha

To start off the year, I want to introduce you to a little girl who has been waiting for her forever family for 3 years - Aisha!

Aisha K. 23C

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Aisha K.
Date of Birth: January 2009
Gender: Female
Eyes: Brown
Hair: dark brown
Nature: Calm 

Aisha is a doll baby!  We do not have any further medical info about her at this time, but please inquire with our agency partner. 

Aisha's region requires married couple only, small families ( no more than 3 children at home), VERY comfortable financially, and preferred experience with Down syndrome.   This is a particularly costly region, so total adoption costs could exceed $33,000.   Aisha's adoption and others from this region will open the door for dozens and dozens of other children with Down syndrome just in this one region alone!

$2751.00 is available towards the cost of my adoption.

I loved Aisha since the day I first saw her picture and she just got a new picture yesterday! She turns 3 this month, wouldn't it be an awesome birthday present if she got a family committed to her?? You can't say no to those big beautiful eyes!

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Wouldn't it be awesome if she found a family too??

So many faces...

There are so many faces that have appeared on the My Family Found Me page lately. Sadly, most of them have those two words under them - 'Adopted Domestically'. Which basically means they are with the priest.

Alex

Annabell

Dewey

Dustin

Eugene

Joseph

Karly

Lily

Melodie

Natalie

Oliver

Ollie

Ricky

And the two that hurt the most to see.....

Kasey

Logan

This priest is not a bad guy. He wants to help these children. I recently saw a video of his orphanage and it's very nice and the kids receive a lot of care they need there. He had no way of knowing kids have families coming for them. 

But my heart is aching for all the families and warriors still hurting by knowing their children are never going to be adopted, and for the children who though they are getting better care, will never know what the love of a FAMILY is. Please keep the prayers coming!!

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One more thing. If you have grabbed my Logan fundraiser button (pictured below) and added it to your blog, can you please take it off? For obvious reasons I have ended that fundraiser. Thank you!

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Lyla Love says THANK YOU to everyone who helped get her grant up to $2118.53!!! You have helped to save her LIFE!