Meet a very special family. Bethany and her husband Kyle and their 2 children Mason and Payton. Bethany and Kyle are adopting a little girl from St. Petersburg, Russia. The same city that Emily came home from!! The little girl they are adopting has Down Syndrome.
It is a difficult road ahead for any orphaned child living in Eastern Europe. Now if that orphan child has a disablility like Downs their chances of having a family or any hope of a future has greatly decreased. When a child turns 4 they are moved from the babyhome to an orphanage. But a 4 year old with a disability is moved to an institution. They no longer are eligible for adoption or education. They no longer have any hope of a future. Most children in an institution are confined to their beds with little to eat and little to no physical touch or stimulation. Most of these children will die shortly after being placed there. It is heartbreaking to imagine any child not being loved and protected but imagining a child with a disability living and dying in this way...it makes your very spirit ache.
Bethany and Kyle are getting very close to their first trip and are quickly trying to raise some money for their adoption and travel costs. They are holding a raffle on their website. For every $5 donated a ticket is entered in the raffle. There is a widgit on their website that allows you to donate money and earn your raffle ticket. The prize is for a $100 gift certificate to the Polkadot Platypus, an online boutique. And since it is a blog too, you can read about this very special adoption and family.
Here's their blog address and you can also find a link on my sidebar. www.dreamingonanangel.blogspot.com
2 comments:
Thank you so much Janine ... this really means a lot to us!
You are so welcome Bethany. I can't wait to follow your story across the big ocean!
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