Maxims family!!

I'm here to tell all of you about Maxim's family! He will have 2 adorable and loving sisters, 9 fun and awesome brothers, and 2 amazing parents! His soon-to-be momma has loved him dearly for over 4 years, and has watched him grow up through pictures and a few videos! She has been praying and advocating for him since 2009 and her dreams are about to unfold as she brings home the boy that stole her heart so many years ago!! In 2010 this awesome family traveled across the ocean to rescue two sweet little boys that needed a family badly! And I had the honor to follow along on their amazing journey to rescue these sweet boys! Their journey to bring Theo and Zhen home was simply amazing, the boys have done so well in the last 2 years and they are thriving and growing like crazy! Theo and Zhen's adoption was one of the adoption stories that I fallowed from the start to "finish" and now 2 years later I am still fallowing their story. I just cannot believe the change that God has done in the lives of these sweet little boys!

(Theo was so sick and was the size of an infant but he is now a happy and thriving boy, that is growing and growing)

(Zhen was a sad and lonely child but he is now a fun loving and sweet little guy, that is loved by so many)

I cannot wait to see the changes that happen to Maxim once he comes home to this family, his family! It is going to be so amazing! Maxim is going to be loved so dearly by all that come in contact with him, he is going to bless people beyond measure! To fallow Maxims story to his forever family head on over to his moms blog! 

-Madison 

LYLA IS HOME

Lyla is home! 2 years and 2 adoptions later Lyla is finally home, WOOHOO! She is doing well but needs prayers that she will stay healthy!

Such a precious baby girl!!!

Lyla with her sissy Bellie, who she helped her family bring home!

Check out their beautiful and amazing story on their blog, you will be blown away by how God worked all of this out for his amazing and perfect plan! 

Welcome HOME baby girl, you are RIGHT where you BELONG!!

Lyla Elizabeth Spitz!

On Tuesday the Spitz had court for Lyla's adoption and guess what!

THERE IS ONE LESS ORPHAN IN THE WORLD

Introducing Lyla Elizabeth Spitz

She is now a daughter, sister, niece, grandaughter, cousin, friend and neighbor!

She is now love,cherished,accepted, and adored 

She is a beautiful princess that will be able to shine her beautiful light everywhere she goes!!!

I love you LYLA

Wordless Wednesday: Lyla met her mommy and daddy

Here are some pictures of sweet beautiful LYLA, she met her mommy and daddy last week and court will be next Tuesday please keep them in your thoughts ad prayers

Look how happy she is in her mommas arms

Such a sweetie pie

Her eyes are just so beautiful

Lyla and her daddy, look at that sweet little hand!

-madison

Maxims Chance

Did you see a certain little boys picture has been moved from the right side of my blog to the left? What does that mean? That means that that certain little boy has a family coming for him, who is this little boy you may ask? It is Maxim! Maxim Maxim Maxim my precious prayer warrior child Maxim, yes he has a family coming for him..and I still can't believe it! Once I find out who they are I will post about them here!

Here is my new favorite photo of Maxim taken a few weeks ago!

-Madison

Meet the Davis'

I am here to introduce Artem's family to all of you! They are everything I have hoped for for Artem!


Here is what their RR FSP says: 
"Lorie has aspired to adopt or foster children since she was a
pproximately 13 years old. Lorie and JD Davis are 10 year veterans within the Civil Affairs community of Army Reserves. During their first deployment to Iraq in 2004, the two best friends fell in love and were married May 7th, 2005, after returning home. During their deployment, Lorie, being a member of the Public Education Team, had first hand experience in helping children of a foreign nation. This experience only made her yearn to help children even stronger. In the summer of 2005, their first child, Lorelai, was born. They looked into Foster Care, but was told that they had not been married long enough to apply, as well as they prefer you not apply during pregnancy or with a small baby at, so that more attention could be placed on the Foster Child. Instead, they put their energy into becoming volunteer youth ministers of their local church at the time in Pasadena, Tx. In 2007, JD was deployed on a second tour to Iraq, while their second child, Corbyn, was only 5 months old. This tour created hardships and trials in their marriage, and through God’s grace and mercy, they became stronger and closer than ever before. In 2008 they began volunteering as “substitute parents” for two young brothers that were living at the Boys and Girls Harbor. They would pick them up on every other weekend and some holidays, and give the boys more attention and a change of atmosphere in their lives. Months later, JD lost his job and took an Active Duty position with the Reserves, which moved them to Utah. In their first year in Utah, they had their third child, Adyson, and finally became licensed Foster Care Parents. After 6 months of waiting for a child placement, they felt God wanted Lorie and the kids to temporarily go back home to Texas and be with Family during the last few months of a family member’s life. After six months, they reunited in Utah, and shortly after became pregnant with their fourth child, Leilani. Since her birth in March, 2012 they have felt a strong urge to adopt and both of them felt the Lord possibly putting special needs children on their heart. In a weird turn of events, like only God can do, they were presented Artem around four or five times within a month. While praying for him to receive the forever family he deserves, they felt the Lord said it was them. Everyday they are overwhelmed with the many steps as well as costs of International adoption. Yet everyday, they pray to God telling him, “you have brought us to this boy, only you can make him our son.” They appreciate any and all prayers, and if you can donate to this cause, that will help too."




I cant wait for Artem to be home with his family, he is going to have so much fun playing with his siblings and I know Corbyn is going to be so happy to "finally" have a brother to play boy games with! This is the perfect family for Artem, they are the family I have been praying for for him for so long! They have alot of money to raise before bringing him home so if you feel led please do not hesitate to donate to their FSP, I know it would mean the world to them, they are also selling earing holders which are so cool! So if you are interested in any of those let me know, they will also be starting a puzzle fundraiser soon so I will let you guys all know more info about that soon!




-Madison

Village of Hope giveaway

The Blocks and Uchereks, have put together an awesome giveaway to raise the money and awareness needed to build  Village of Hope, a holistic orphan care ministry in Guatemala.


Please read the info from Village of Hope and give your helping hand by praying, donating and sharing! Here is a link to the giveaway http://www.allarepreciousinhissight.com/2012/07/village-of-hope-giveaway.html
It takes a village to raise a child! – African Proverb


-Madison

REJOICING

Rejoicing today because.................................ARTEM...............HAS...............A.................FAMILY!!!!!
That is right 'my' sweet baby boy will be going HOME.....I still cant believe it...there are no words..I'm so EXCITED for my baby!!!! Thank you thank you thank you thank you JESUS! Whoever you are I am so thankful that you have chosen my sweet boy, your sweet boy, and I cannot wait to get to know you and your family!

-madison

"Introducing" Maxim

On January 17th I became an official Prayer Warrior for sweet Maxim, Maxim was born on September 15th 2004 with bright blue eyes and beautiful blond hair. At birth he was diagnosed with Down Syndrome,and he now struggles with strabismus in both eyes and a significant tongue thrust, but surgery/glasses and OT will help with that. Maxim will be EIGHT this September and from what I know he has been in the institution for quite sometime....People that have met him have said that he has a shining light in him that no one els has, and you will see that in his pictures. Maxim is playful and happy, and he would bless the socks off of a family....Just look at his smile

 

Here is what someone said about him when they met him in October 2011

"Maxim is one of the sweetest little boys I've ever met. He pats my arm in the most adorable, gentle way, and it absolutely melts my heart! He is now walking with very minimal assistance, and crawls faster than any other child I've ever met. He is a smart boy, and will follow directions (for example, come over to the carpet). He has an amazing attention span, and will bounce a ball back and forth with me for at least 20 minutes straight. He has the most wonderful laugh, and is a very joyful little guy! He has so much potential, someone please choose Maxim!!" 

And here is what someone said when they met him in October 2010 

"I don't know if I can openly share how the whole encounter went so I will just say that we were able to go and while we were there I was able to see Maxim. To hold him and love on him. To laugh as he passed gas and laughed about it. That was one of the best parts of the visit, how he thought "tooting" (is it called that when boys do it?) was just the funniest thing – just like any other 6 year old little boy would. He was so sweet and so alert and attentive to those who had come to visit with him."

Here is some more info about this sweet giggly boy

• He can pull up to stand and walk with assistance.
• He knows his name and responds to it.
• He has a sweet nature, personality, and sense of humor
• He copies hand motions (I believe he could learn to sign)
• He can crawl
• He likes cars! They said he crawls through the window to look out when the car comes to their building.
   
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  Maxim has $4715.00 please consider Maxim he is in desperate need of a family! If you have any questions you can contact me at lovefortheorphan@aol.com
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6 years old...

This month 'my' Jillian turns 6 years old...how can that be? How could she be passed by time after time for 6 whole years? A beautiful blue-eyed, blond-haired princess..with out a mommy to call her "baby girl" without a daddy to call her "my girl" without bothers and sisters to call her "sissy"!

When I turned 6 I celebrated it with a bunny themed birthday party... I remember that party so much all of my friends from school came and we played different games, bunny hop, pin the tail on the bunny, and so many others..it was such a fun day.

By the time I was 6 years old I already had 2 younger siblings (and 2 older ones) we spent our days playing out in our backyard on our trampoline or roller skating on the pavement. My sisters and I played barbies and doll house for hours on end.
 

Jillian (picture from June 2010)

My youngest sister Amelia turns 6 at the end of this month, her and Jillian are the same age, yet Amelia seems so much older, Amelia started kindergarten this year and she is in ballet class, I so wish that Jillian could be going through the same experiences as Amelia....

Amelia loves small toys such as squinkies, littlest pet shops, polly pockets and random little toys and stuffed animals! Amelia loves dogs and has a little stuffed toy dog that she carries around with her and calls 'Little puppy"! Does Jillian have a favorite toy?

Amelia (sorry don't know how to rotate the picture)

I remember being a little girl and having so many toys but there was that "one" that was most special, my dolly "Hannah" I played with her all of the time when I was little and I still have her. I also had a stuffed bear that my aunt gave me on my 3rd birthday and I still have it too!

I had so many toys when I was younger yet Jillian dosn't have a single one to call her own, she dosen't have a special dolly that she named herself or a special teddy that she sleeps with every night, and that makes me sad....when I was little there were so many different toys to play with in my room, so many toys to choose from at the store...

Jillian (picture from October 2010)

Amelia playing at the park

Jillian has never experienced going to the store and being able to choose a toy, she hasn't ever played with barbies and doll house with her sisters, she hasn't wrestled with her brothers, she hasn't been tossed in the air by her daddy or rocked to sleep by her mommy!

There are so many small things that I remember from my childhood that Jillian has never gotten the chance to do, like having my first sleepover at a friends house, or playing jump rope at school. And Jillian will never have the chance to do these things if we do not step up and help, please pray for Jillian, please pray that she is healthy and learning, pray that her grant on reeces rainbow grows, pray with me that this is her last birthday without a mommy and daddy! Share Jillians page, share this blog post, donate to her grant, and the biggest thing of all that you could do, ask God if he is calling YOU to adopt this princess!

Happy Birthday sweet little girl, I pray that this is your last birthday without a mommy and daddy!

Artem turns 4.....

He turns 4 without a mommy and a daddy to hold him.

Without a grandma and grandpa to shower him in kisses and tell him "you are such a big boy"

Without brothers and sisters to hug him and sing him "happy birthday"

Without firends

Without cousins

Without aunts and uncles

He wont have a cake 

He wont have presents

There wont be any party games

He will just go on through his day like its any "normal" day.

Maybe he will lay in a crib all day

Maybe he will be able to play with toys

I don't know

Maybe a nanny that loves him will give him extra special time on his special day

Maybe he will have a party, spent opening presents, playing games and eating cake

But it wont be with a family

There wont be a mommy and daddy taking a million pictures

There wont be brothers and sisters singing "happy birthday"

There wont be kisses and hugs from "grandma" and "grandpa"

I don't know what Artem will be doing on his 4th birthday

But I'm praying he is not spending it driving in a car on his way to an institution

4 is the "usual" age that kids get transfered 

I'm praying that is not Artem's case I am praying that he is still at the baby house but I will never know....

 Will you pray with me?

Pray for Artems health, pray that he is not transferd yet, pray his family finds him soon...just pray for him

Artem 1 year and 10months old

Artem 2 years and 5months old

Artem 2 years 9 months (top) Artem 3 years 4 months (bottom)

Artem 3years and 9months
 A year ago I became Artems "Prayer Warrior" for a whole year I have prayed constantly for a family for "my baby boy" but still no one has come....I don't think anyone has even inquired about him.....he has been listed on Reeces Rainbow for over 2 years now...and it breaks my heart.....he has SO much potential, I can just see it in his deep brown eyes... do you see it? He has a special sparkle in those eyes he has so much personality just look at him, look at those chubby cheeks, that sweet smile....I just love him.....he is just so precious! How in the world does he not have a family yet? How can you not want to scoop this little bundle of joy up?

Are you his mommy? Are you his daddy? Are YOU his family?
If you would like more information about Artem please email me at lovefortheorphan@aol.com
I will answer any questions you have

Happy Birthday my baby boy, you are so very special to me I can't wait for Jesus to show your family that you are THEIR baby boy, I love you Artem

LILIANNA HAS A FAMILY

Precious Princess Lilianna has a family...... I'm so HAPPY.....I can't wait to find out who they are :D