Prayer Request. I have an issue with my right hand that I *think* is a cat bite infection. It’s painful and swollen and my joints are really stiff. I can’t get in with my awesome LCMS physician assistant until tomorrow (Friday) morning at 10 so could you pray that whatever is going on would please not get worse before that point? Thanks!
Urgent diaper drive. A family “in country” adopting two little girls is having a diaper drive because their daughters’ baby house is too poor to afford enough diapers for all the kids and it’s at the level of a child getting one diaper per day. They’re raising funds to buy as many packages of diapers as they can to donate to them. If you’re interested, click here to go to the entry on Orphan Report with the Chip-In link.
Brett needs a mama. Brett is back on the Reece’s Rainbow website after the Basas were unable to complete his adoption due to his needs added to Dariya’s (“Delilah” on Reece’s Rainbow) being too much for his adopted family to handle. It was a painful decision for them to have to make and they are still really feeling the emotional repercussions of making it. On the other hand, watching them go through it means that I know better how to advocate for him. So… if you know a family who needs an adorable little boy who *loves* books, let them know that he is available.
Kaia also needs a mama. This is Kaia.
She also needs a mama. Could you be that person? Click on her picture to learn more about her.
Giveaway for Katya. I heard from Hevel about a giveaway to help Katya, another little girl adopted from an orphanage, the dental work she needs. The prize is a $tarbux giftcard, some chocolate and peanut butter candy, and a beautiful flower pin.
What Harry Reid did yesterday at 5:03 p.m. while we were waiting for the House to vote. I pondered whether or not to link this because Lawrence O’Donnell was making it all “rah rah Harry Reid” but I thought the fact that O’Donnell talked about how Senator Reid was able to do it with the active though invisible help of Senator Mitch McConnell was cool. I still think Senator McConnell is a putz but it was refreshing to hear about how things actually *do* get done other than the public fights that the media reports.
One more prayer request. Please keep Jen Fulwiler (our usual Quick Takes host) in your prayers as she’s dealing with bi-lateral pulmonary embolisms. They just announced that they’ll discharge her and treat them at home but she’s still “standing in the need of prayer”.
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Oh, you mean they passed court, legally adopted Brett and then disrupted in country? Poor Brett. I’m afraid actions like this don’t only have emotional reprecussions for the family, but for the child twice abandoned by his parents, and all the future families that will have to deal with that judge… really, that court. It’s really not like Ukraine hasn’t been looking for reasons to shut down international adoptions pretty much every year for the last few years. 🙁 Is he even available now? The last child I know that was left behind after passing court was not put back on the database for a year! I just hope he will be adopted soon. By people who realize that SN children should be adopted one by one, because you never know what you actually get into till you are home and parenting. 🙁
I hope the Basas family will be able to meet their new daughter’s needs and raise her to blossom.
Thanks for sharing the link to the giveaway. The best thing is, no donation needed for winning. Just hop over and read Katya’s story!
Whoever is doing the diaper drive should make sure that they buy diapers from a deep diaper place in the market rather than brand name. Close friends and family members had the experience that the brand name diapers they donated were re-sold by the orphanage and the money was used elsewhere. (In one case to paint a room in the orphanage, in another who knows what.) The cheap diapers are usually not bad in quality–my kids grew up in them– but about 1/3 cheaper than Pampers and so much more can be bought.
Uhoh, who bit you!?! Hoping it’s easily treatable and hasn’t gotten worse!
Continuing to pray for Brett!
I hope your hand gets better! And I’m praying for Brett and Kaia! That’s so sad Brett was unable to be adopted 🙁
Oh, goodness, I hope your hand gets better soon – sounds awful!
Oh no… I’m so sorry Brett’s adoption fell through. 🙁 I had been so excited about it after all your work advocating for him. I hope the antibiotics are starting to work on your cat bite… sounds painful!