This Week's Waiting Kids! :)

All of these BEAUTIFUL children are two and under, most from BAAS and some from Lifeline.


First is sweet Howard, who is a year old, about to be two in May. He's with BAAS. Here's what's written about him:




Howard was born in May of '09. He has repaired cleft lip and un-repaired cleft palate. He is described as an active and bright child with a ready smile.


Next is adorable Jenna, who is also with BAAS and is almost a year old. Here's what's written about her:




Jenna was born in March of 2010. Her special need is postoperative congenital anal atresia. She had surgery in May of 2010 and received “rectovestibullar fistula repair and anoplasty” under GA and the surgery was successful. At present she recovered well and defecates normally. In November of 2010 she had a complete physical exam. The final diagnosis about her: rectovestibullar fistula repair, postoperative congenital anal atresia, congenital deformed cranium: absent callosum, foliaceous holoprosencephaly, dilation of cella lateralis. At present Jenna has plump face, red lips and fair skin, and she looks lovely.




Now she has good physical development, has 2 teeth, can roll over, can raise her head, can walk alone quite steadily, has some grasping ability, can grasp the small toys near hand, can visually follow moving people, can respond when her name called and will shake her head to express refusal when others give her the food she does not like.


This is precious John, who's a year old and is also with BAAS. I am not completely sure he is available, but, here's what's written about him:

John was born in May of '09. His special needs are cleft palate and repaired cleft lip and HBV carrier. John is a lovely boy with good appetite and ready smile.

This is cutie Anthony, who is almost two. He is also with BAAS. Here's what's written about him.

Anthony was born in March of '09. He has albinism. He is a lovely boy who likes to play with his own hands.

This is beautiful Lily, who will be three in a little less than a month. She is with BAAS. Here's what's written about her:

Lily was born in Febuary of '09. Her special needs are post operative congenital heart disease (valvular pulmonary stenosis); severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears; tympanitis and mastoiditis in both ears. Lily's current height is 73.5cm, weight is 10.5kg, head size is 44cm and chest size is 50cm.



She lives at the orphanage right now and her physical development is good. She can sit, stand and walk on her own. She can only say Ma Ma. She likes to be with people she knows, and likes to play with other children. She is a bright and lovely child.

This is adorable Phil, who is going to be three in about a month, also. He is also with BAAS. Here's what's written about him:

Phil was born in Febuary of '09. He has albinism. He lives with a foster family and is very attached to his foster mother.

This is precious Sean, who is two. He is with BAAS. Here's what's written about him:

Sean was born in October of '08. He has β thalassemia. He lives with a foster family and is an active and bright boy.

This is beautiful Ting, with BAAS, who will be three in less than three months. Here's what's written about her:

Ting was born in March of '08. Her special needs are postoperative anaplasty of crossfoot in both sides, dislocation of hip joint in both sides. Ting had surgery on September 17th of 2010. The surgery was basically successful. However she still cannot walk after the surgery.



She cannot sit as steadily as before the surgery and will need to rest just sitting for a little while. The orphanage took her back to the hospital for recheck and was told the surgery was not a problem but it would take a while to recover.

This is cutie Zane, from BAAS, who is two. Here's what's written about him:

Zane was born in October of '08. He had CHD: aortic stenosis (mild to moderate), VSD (perimembranous part), PDA, pulmonary stenosis, permanent left superior vena cava, and anomalous muscle band of right ventricle.



In March of 2010 he received aortoplasty, valvuloplasty of pulmonary valve, VSD repair and ligation of ductus arteriosus under GA CPB. The surgery was successful. After operation his general condition was good. He is being cared for at the Philip Hayden Foundation. He is a lovely and active little boy.

This is precious Zachary who is two, and is with Lifeline.

Zachary has CHD. Look at that smile! :)

This is adorable Joseph, who is two and is with Lifeline.

Joseph has scoliosis, and also has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

This is cutie David, who is two, and is with Lifeline.

David has "deformed left forearm and left hand bilaterla oblique inguinal hernia." He has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

This is precious Michael, who is two, and is with Lifeline.

Michael has CHD. Sweet Michael has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

Next is adorable Jeremy, who is one and a half and with Lifeline.

Jeremy has a meningocele. This little beam of sunshine also has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

This is cutie Christopher, who is one and a half. He, too, is with Lifeline.

Christopher has Post Operative Spina Bifida, umbilical hernia. He also has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

Please pray for these kids. Some of them with the more major SN's, such as CHD, B Thalassemia and such really need to get out of China to get good care. If you want more info on them, leave a comment with your email and after I read it, I won't publish it, for your privacy. :) Also, someone left me a comment requesting information on sponsoring some children that I had on a post, but they left no way of contact for me. Can you please leave me a comment with your email? Thank you! :) If anyone wants to sponsor, let me know and I can get some info to you! Just leave a comment with your email address, and, again, I will not publish it after reading.

A quote for you today:

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is writing a love story to the world."

-Mother Teresa

Jesus loves you!

Blessings,

Joy :)

This Week's Waiting Kids!

So today, I want to focus on two kids, both from BAAS.


This is adorable Johnathan, from BAAS, who has cleft lip and palate.



He is from Luke's orphanage and is being cared for by Half the Sky. Look at that smile!! He was born in October '09. His special needs are cleft lip and palate; hernia. Here's what's written about him:


He can sit on his own, stand holding onto something and take steps holding hands with someone. He is bright, curious and good-natured. He loves to smile and communicate with others. He understands instructions and loves to listen to music.




On his original file, he could do things like locate a sound or voice and visually follow moving toys,

and was described as active, restless, quick-reacting, impatient sometimes, and closest to his caretaker. He also was described as having a ready smile.

This is precious Kai, who is six. Here's what's written about him.

Kai was born in April of '04. He was admitted to the SWI in April of 2010. He is fond of communicating with others. Under excellent care and nursing of the staff and live together for several days, he adapts to the environment in a short time. While being familiar with the caregivers and children, he is outgoing, has strong ability of imitating, likes playing games with the other children, often sweeps the floor with a small besom, helping the caregivers to tidy the toys and baby walkers.



He is very helpful, restless and active, intelligent and fond of study, knows the number of 1-10, can count from 1 to 100, knows the addition within 10, can write his own name down. He is fond of communicating with caregivers, often runs and jumps with his fellow friends, and has enthusiasm for learning. He accepts to new things fast, can help his fellow friends, quick in reaction, lively and outgoing personality. He has strong self-care ability and is able to dress, sweep the floor, mop the floor, do the dishes, fold up his quilt all by himself. He is fond of meat and candy.





So, if you haven't figured it out already, Kai was given to his orphanage somewhere around his sixth birthday. Very sad. :( It seems as if he's adapted very well, though. Don't you think he'd be a wonderful, easy going, sweet, smart little boy?


Keep these kids in your prayers, please! I've got a few blog posts coming up! I just have to proof and schedule them!


Blessings,
Joy :)

This Week's Waiting Kids!

Hi everyone! Starting off this week, there's a little girl with beta Thalassemia, whom I will be referring to as "Min". Here's what's written about adorable little Min.

She's thought about by the people on the Thalassemia group, but hasn't been mentioned elsewhere. I looked at her file the end of October 2009, but had to decline. We found our daughter 2 weeks later, but I still think about this little girl's adorable smile. The Thalasemia group is a wonderful resource and they find Thal a manageable special need. She disappeared off the shared list for a while but has been back since May.




One of the Thal moms knows her foster family (her son was with them, but they were not there at the same time.) Her agency sent her Min's file so that she could advocate for her. She is listed on the shared list as not walking but if you read the file she was walking - just as an older toddler. β-thalassemia, slow motor development (can’t walk), slow physical development (height couldn’t reach the standard)

This is precious Ellie, from Madison. She is ten. (I could not get a pic of Ellie to paste here) Some things written about her:

Ellie has "poor eyesight and slightly introversive of right foot". After admission, Ellie can say “hello, brother, hello aunty”, etc. point out differentbody parts: eyes, ear, mouth etc. say the sentences that make up by 3-5 words, but notclear enough, for example “Sister, time to eat”,etc. At the age of 4 years, she’s able toread children’s songs, answer simple questions, talk with teachers and classmatesactively to express her mind or requirements. In terms of receptivity, she’s able toclassify things with different functions, count fingers and say the number from one toten, or tell out the sum total. On Aug.1 2005, she was fostered by a family and could getused to the new environment, get along with family members. At present, she isstudying in grade two of the elementary school near to her home, she’s poor tounderstand the knowledge that teachers taught. But she’s polite to others, respects theelder people and everyone likes her. Ellie is an active and outgoing girl. She’s able to walk with holding her one handat the age of 1year and two months, walk alone with normal gait at the age of 1.5years, but tilt to the right. At the age of 3 years, she’s able to put on or take off clothes, shoesetc. do some work within her ability, such as: clear away the toys that she played. At theage of 4 years, she’s able to run, tilt to the right obviously, fond of playing on the slidingboard, had flexible and quick actions, able to feed herself food, wash her face, brushher teeth, put on and take off clothes, shoes, socks, go to washroom. Presently she cando some housework, like: sweeping the floor, wipe the table, clear away her personal stuffs and clean her dormitory, and wash clothes. She can fold the quilt neatly after getting up every morning.


This is cutie Jimmy, from FTIA's JOH program. He was just recently added to the list because at the time of the program, his paperwork wasn't finished being processed. Here's what's written about him:






Jimmy is 9 years old and has a mild developmental delay. He was brought to the orphanage at age 8 and now lives in foster care. He is in special education class but is close to other children his age. He can read simple Chinese characters. He likes riding bikes and any games that involve a ball. He is quiet, gets along well with others, and is introverted mostly when around strangers; otherwise he is a friendly and active young boy. He can take care of himself and will help the other children. You can see him performing in this video, along with Flower and Marc.

This is precious John, from BAAS. John is about 18 months old.




His special needs are cleft palate and repaired cleft lip; HBV carrier.




John is a lovely boy with good appetite and ready smile.

And those who need to be sponsored:

Brent,







Melissa,


Gunner,


and Melanie!


Check out my advocacy website, Waiting on Their Family. If you want more info on sponsoring or any of the children who need to be adopted, leave a comment with your email address. After reading, I will not publish the comment for your privacy. :) As always, please keep these children in your prayers, and also keep my bloggy friend Emma in your prayers as she, her dad, and several people on their mission team head to Uganda! You can read about Emma's trip here.

Blessings!
Joy :)

Faithful Fridays - The Little Things

It seems like it's been an eternity since last Friday!  Maybe because of Christmas and the New Year? 

I started Faithful Fridays so that Christians could have one designated day a week (although I don't think they should keep it to just one day) to share something about their Faith--a prayer request, answered prayer, Bible verse, something God's laid on your heart, etc. To participate in Faithful Fridays, just grab the button above for your post along with a link to my blog somewhere in your post, too. After you've published your post, please come let me know in your comment that you participated and leave me a link to your blog. I'd love to come read your post!

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My mama participates in Faithful Fridays on her blog, Country Girl at Home.

Ms. Retha also participates on her blog, Retha's Rambles.

Ms. Patty also participates on her blog, Blessings Beyond.

You could be next!
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Have you ever taken time to just stop and thank God for the little things? 

I mean, there are those days when the house is a mess (Christmas presents everywhere), your child has lost his toy and can't find it anywhere, your hair just won't do right, and you're running twenty minutes late.  To make matters worse, you're going to have to fix a bigger dinner tonight and clean the kitchen counter up.  And to put the icing on the cake, you click onto your blog at night and you just can't seem to strain a post from your head.

Ugh.

But have we taken time to thank God for the little things that otherwise make our day better?

Your little one's smile...
That compliment from one of your family members...
That funny quote you see on the internet...
The Scripture you just saw the other day...

Sometimes we just need to take time to thank God for those things.



This is the Stuff by Francesca Battistelli--lyrics below.

I lost my keys in the great unknown
And call me please 'cause I can't find my phone

This is the stuff that drives me crazy
This is the stuff that's getting to me lately
In the middle of my little mess
I forget how big I'm blessed




This is the stuff that gets under my skin
But I gotta trust You know exactly what You're doing
It might not be what I would choose
But this is the stuff You use


45 in a 35
Sirens and fines while I'm running behind
Whoa


This is the stuff that drives me crazy
This is the stuff that's getting to me lately
In the middle of my little mess
I forget how big I'm blessed

Source: shrimp-n-grits.tumblr.com via Joy on Pinterest

This is the stuff that gets under my skin
But I gotta trust You know exactly what You're doing
It might not be what I would choose
But this is the stuff You use


So break me of impatience
Conquer my frustrations
I've got a new appreciation
It's not the end of the world
Oh Oh Oh


This is the stuff that drives me crazy
This is the stuff
Someone save me

In the middle of my little mess

I forget how big I'm blessed

This is the stuff that gets under my skin

And I've gotta trust You know exactly what You're doing

It might not be what I would choose

But this is the stuff You use

Oh Oh Oh Oh
This is the stuff You use

Stop.  Take a breath.  Remember your blessings.