"This"

Children are a heritage from the Lord,
    offspring a reward from him.
Psalm 127:3 

"This".  Why do we do "this"?  It's the question we often hear.  They are the words that are very critically spoken to us.  At us.  About us.  

"Haven't you done enough?" 

"You can't save them all."

"You can stop now because you have done enough to count for 2 other families." 

"What about your other children?" (this kills me because I am assuming the "other children"

are our biological children)

"Who will care for them when/if you can't?"

...and on....and on....and on.

I will say it one more time.  

WE LIVE FOR AN AUDIENCE OF ONE.  ONE.  AND AS LONG AS HE ASKS US TO DO "THIS", WE WILL.  AMEN.

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
    for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly;
    defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:8-9

Moving one.  Please, look at this face.  This is Sonny who is being advocated for by Reece's Rainbow.

Isn't he handsome?  What a precious little love with that glowing red hair!  Sonny is almost 6 (this is an older picture) and DESPERATELY needs a family.  The reality for Sonny is not good.  You see, he's already been transferred and not to a place that any child should have to live.  

To be "transferred" means that everything you have ever known in your short life is stripped away.  Imagine your 4 year old losing all he knows.  Caregivers, friends.  His bed and familiar routine.  Food and smells that he has grown accustom to.   Living in an orphanage is not ideal for any child.  No way.  But to be sent to an institution is often hell on earth.  And it's happened to Sonny.

This is Sonny now.  Transferred.  No Mommy.  No Daddy.  Noone.  Is he mistreated?  Warm?  Fed?  I have my own conclusions to those questions.  How can this happen?!?!  This is the real "THIS"!!  "THIS" is what we should all be concerned about and praying about!!  "THIS" is Sonny.  A precious child created by God....perfection.  And yet, still the world doesn't see him as that.  Is he not worth it?

The reality of "THIS" is that many children like Sonny don't make it.  They aren't strong enough.  Medical concerns are left untreated.  Food is scarce and only the fittest survive.  I'm not making this up, people.  Just look at him.

Please, join me in praying for Sonny.  Specifically, join me in praying that Sonny's Mommy and Daddy read this and get to him before it's too late.  Sonny has some grant money through Reece's Rainbow.  And I KNOW with everything that is in me that God will provide every single penny for Sonny to come home.  Money should not stand the way of Sonny having a Mommy and Daddy....forever!

"THIS" could have been any one of my children with Down Syndrome if they had been born in another country.  "THIS" is the reality.  

In Him,

E