Angel of the Week

Meet Alyona!

When I saw this little one's face I just felt her family MUST be looking for her! What a cute little girl! Are you her family? She needs a family soon as she is nearing the age of transfer. Please help us find a family for this cheeky little angel!

Alyona (13) Girl, Born September 5, 2006 Alyona is a gorgeous little girl with brown hair and brown eyes. She is described as quite high functioning, very sweet, and very happy! She does have an ASD (atrial septal defect), but it is not considered serious and may well have closed on it's own already. She is walking and eating independently, follows directions well, and is an orphanage favorite! Her caregivers tell us she is speaking now, walking and eating on her own, and is truly a doll baby.   She is described as a gentle girl, a good imitator, and she loves tor ead books :)    She is very loving and intelligent, and they really hope a family will come for her!   Both Ivanna and Alyona are in the same orphanage and can be adopted together. Contact Andrea directly for more information I have $530in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

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Look at all these beautiful faces! There are so many new families joining the Reece's Rainbow family and you can help them on their journey by putting their buttons on your blogs!

Please pray for them as you follow along and if you can help them in any other way, I know they'd be very thankful!



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Attachment disorder: are we trying to fit square pegs into the round holes?

Basically, attachment is the core of the adoption: without some degree of attachment no adoption is destined to survive. It’s a real issue that many adoptive families are facing and struggling with. Saying that, I have to admit that AD is likely to be over-diagnosed in international adoption community. AD is often confused with the normal process of initial adjustment and re-adjustment in the family; AD symptoms are often confused with neurologically-based disorders or different psychiatric conditions; and, finally, AD symptoms are often mixed up with learned post-institutionalized behavior.

You can read the rest of the article HERE

Friday Focus on Down Syndrome - Urgent Plea

All, I am sending out a plea for MINDY in Russia.  She will be turning 4 in January, so her transfer is imminent.  She is in the same region as Lera is, so is also facing "life behind bars", as she can not be adopted once she is transferred. 

Her Christmas Warrior has done a GREAT JOB fundraising for her, and she now has a combined $1595 grant towards the cost of her adoption.  

MARTIN and WALLACE are also in her region and facing the same fate!  Martin does not have a grant, but Wallace has raised $640 this Christmas!

A committed family and an application/fees paid with the agency  is all that is required to hold these children at their baby houses and prevent transfer.

Please read more about Mindy and Martin, Wallace and Ian and let's try to see a family come forward to rescue them like Lera and Lilya and Tonya!  

www.reecesrainbow.org/waitingchild2.html  

Please put these buttons on your blogs and use facebook, blogs, twitter, any forums you are on to get the word out for these kids! They NEED families URGENTLY!


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MEET OTHER ANGEL EDIE (9)

Little Edie will be 4 year old in July of 2010.
Edie has Goldenhar Syndrome. Edie needs surgery to relieve her hydrocephaly ASAP.
Edie will be transferred to a mental institution VERY VERY soon. The SAD thing is she CANNOT be adopted from the place she will be sent :(
We all know what Edie's future will be if she does not find a FAMILY now.
SOMEONE save her!
PLEASE pray for her!
Let's all try and make Edie's CHRISTMAS special by giving her a gift of a family.

Edies GRANT fund is ZERO.
Please go to reecerainbow.org to read more about Edie. Go to Other Angels, girls, and to the name EDIE (9).
Also contact ANDREA at bamaroberts@comcast.net for more information.

Our Families..As One We Can!

"Tis better to give then to receive.." I promise~it really is! We had the Stolz family featured only a couple of weeks ago, BUT..sadly, Milos still has not a dime in his family fund (which means I forgot to give too!). Everyone whose adopted or adopting knows this is no drop in the bucket as far as fiances are concerned...This step of faith we take to bring our children home is one that involves every aspect of our lives..and our wallets feel it too! Milo's family is in country, but funds can still be gathered for them & can still be of help. I know times are tough, all our feeling the financial squeeze, but just $5 or $10. dollars...it really isn't much. Please be prayerful in your giving & remember..if your adopting, you'll have your turn to be blessed in return too :)

MILOS FOR THE STOLZ FAMILY:

I love these pictures of little Ruthie :)
Her family left yesterday for Taiwan...How exciting! What an awesome Christmas gift! :) They too can really use our help NOW. You'd be amazed at how much this little bit of extra help really does help. Please be prayerful in your giving to each family.

RUTHIE FOR THE WARRALL FAMILY:

You can give your gifts here: http://reecesrainbow.com/familysponsorshipalmostthere.htm
*MAY GOD STRETCH OUR GIFTS IN A MIGHTY WAY THAT ONLY HE CAN!*

Oh So Close!

What a wonderful response we've had to the Christmas Angel Tree 2009!

Just a reminder that the ornaments for gifts of at least $35 deadline is the 15th of December, just ONE WEEK LEFT to get one of these! The Angel Tree runs through to the 31st of December so even if you've missed the deadline for the ornaments, you can still help the waiting Angels meet their goal of $1000 per child and for at least 30 of them to find their forever families!

We thought now was a brilliant time to show you some of the lovely little ones that are very close to reaching the next level and to also point out that the ones listed at the very top of the tree have yet to have their first sponsor. If you haven't decided which angel to donate to, will you consider one of those first ones?

As well, the ones (shown below) just need a little push to get to the next level, so if you or someone you know are able, will you help them to reach $500?

Claire R2

$400

Vilis
 

 $315

 Yegor-R5

 
$300

Catherine  R8

$215

Robyn  R2

$240

Miriam-3

$265

Older Boys (6+)

 $340

Yana R7

 
$260

Miles-23

$245

Twenty-nine (29) have already found their forever families so these children will be blessed to be home for Christmas 2010!

So, very good news for the Christmas Angel Tree but let's not slow down now. We still have a ways to go to reach our goals and we need YOUR help to meet them!

If you have a blog/facebook/myspace/twitter or even just email, please post about the Christmas Angel Tree. If you are interested in becoming a Christmas Prayer Warrior please don't feel it is too late! Even a little prayer is better than none! And God wants to give the last the same as the first so let's P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens) for these children!

So, thank you for all your help and for blogging and promoting the Christmas Angel Tree. No effort has been in vain and it has been such a blessing!

Let's keep the momentum going!

Limb Differences

I enjoyed this article found on "The Crab Chronicles" blog.

Dealing With Attention to a Limb Difference

I saw a post on one of my Yahoo groups the other day and it affected me greatly, because Michael deals with some degree of self-consciousness about his limb difference every time he goes outside our home. I seldom think about it, but he is reminded of his difference all the time.

The Yahoo group is for adoptive parents of children with limb differences....

Read more of the story on this BLOG.

Do You Do Your Christmas Shopping Online?

This is a repost of an earlier post but thought if might be timely to share again.

If you, like me, wish you had more money to donate to Reece's Rainbow and the families adopting, well, here is one way you can donate without having to have any money!


All you need to do is use GoodSearch for your search engine or add it to your search box already on your browser's toolbar! Then, every time you do a search you are helping give money to Reece's Rainbow!

As well, you can use GoodSearch for your online shopping this Christmas and with every purchase you are giving to Reece's Rainbow!


All you do is select Reece's Rainbow, Gaithersburg, MD as your charity of choice and you can either make GoodSearch your homepage or add it to your toolbar! Easy as that!


When you add it to your toolbar wherever you are shopping online automatically goes through Good Shop!

When you are doing your online shopping, just click on GoodShop and find your shops of choice and with every purchase you make, Reece's Rainbow benefits!

GoodSearch
& GoodShop

YOU SEARCH OR SHOP...
WE GIVE!

Raise money for Reece's Rainbow Down Syndrome Adoption Ministry just by searching the web and shopping online!

Search the web now!

Free coupons at top stores!

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You can also click on the Add to your site to spread the word about GoodSearch and GoodShop!

Thank you!

Hep. B and a testament of faith....

Borrowed from the blog of a wonderful friend with a heart for God!

Disclosure

I’ll be honest---this post has taken me a very long time to post. Some things are just hard to share. I have gone around in circles over it----should I, or shouldn’t I? But God keeps nudging me, calling me to abandon myself completely---so here goes...


The journey began four years ago.

Read the rest of the story HERE.