Below, a group of foster care children in Honduras pray before receiving Shoes for Orphan Souls.
Whatever it takes
John, one of the volunteer missionaries from our team, sits on the floor to help one of the teen girls at Casita Adolescentes del Ihnfa with her manicure job.
Below, Emily, daughter of Stephen Curtis Chapman, dances with one of the girls at the home.
Christmas at the girl's home. Rebecca Krebs helps to decorate Christmas stockings!
Angel Voices. Below, the teen girls at the home welcome us with heartfelt worship songs. They are singing "Help me be like You." Describing their worship would be impossible. See it for yourself. I wish you could see it in person.
Will you be my baby?
I was walking around with my camera looking for children to photograph when I found Jose Alejandro. I extended my arms out to him and he just looked at me. "Ven," I said. "Ven." He didn't react, so I reached out my arms and asked his foster mother if I could hold him. So I picked him up.
Foster parents can care for large numbers of children and, hard as they may try, they can't give them all very much attention.
As soon as Jose Alejandro was in my arms, he held me in a full embrace and didn't move at all. At least not until I pulled him away to take the picture above.
I carried him around and asked the foster mother questions about adoption. How long is the process? Can an American take him? It was pathetic. It isn't the first time I have wanted to take a child home. But I always have to stop myself because I am not ready yet! At 25, I will be getting married next month and starting graduate school soon. I would be a terrible mom at this point. And I'm pretty sure my fiance isn't prepared for fatherhood. We just aren't ready!
But maybe you are. Buckner has not yet developed a program for international adoption in Honduras. But we have adoption available in other countries, such as Russia and Ethiopia. We can also arrange adoptions for American children.
Please, if you can, make your house a home for someone like Jose Alejandro. For more information on adopting through Buckner, please visit http://www.beafamily.org/.
4 comments:
I recognize some of the girls from Casita (including the one dancing with Emily)! And I have a lovely valentine that was given to me by one of them on Valentines day - it's now framed and displayed, as a reminder for me to pray for the beautiful young women in that home. They've been through so much - abuse, neglect - and need to see what real love looks like. Thanks to you and the team for showing it to them through your actions!
Blessings - Ronne
Ronne!!! I wish you were here.
- Analiz
Makes me want to go, too. It looks like the visitors got justas much blessing from them (maybe more?). Sometimes the gift of "being there" is the best!
THIS IS AWSOME! YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!
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