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It's always a good day when it starts with a little chat with one of my "6k away kids". This morning I got to 'talk' to "A" as he ended his day at camp. After chatting about everything and nothing all at once, I sent him off with, "Я люблю тебе, милий хлопчик. Не забувайте" which translates, "I love you, dear boy. Do not forget to brush your teeth." To which he replied, "=P". Teenagers! Hehehe. "S" blessed me last week when he added me as his mom on his vk account. Yep, yep, yep. He is always adding random brothers and sisters and such and I am super honored to be his vk mom. We do the best we can with what we get in this old world and I have been blessed by the Lord to have been given a momma's heart for five Ukrainian children. I will be the best mom I can be 6k miles away until God places them in a family. They are definitely the best kids they can be. They are pretty awesome stuff.
That brings me to the Redmon Family. This family came across my radar screen through my New Horizons For Children Facebook feed. I ask that you take a few minutes to go here to read how this family is answering the call to take in a sibling group of 5 Ukrainian orphans. They are up against a hard deadline of the oldest child's 18th birthday (see the Youthreach statistics above and visit them here for more information on what awaits a child after they age out).
That brings me to the Redmon Family. This family came across my radar screen through my New Horizons For Children Facebook feed. I ask that you take a few minutes to go here to read how this family is answering the call to take in a sibling group of 5 Ukrainian orphans. They are up against a hard deadline of the oldest child's 18th birthday (see the Youthreach statistics above and visit them here for more information on what awaits a child after they age out).
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
So, I'm going to ask you for something today. I'm going to ask you for the money you have budgeted for coffees or lunches or dinners today (or another day this week). There are A MILLION worthy places to send your money but I would like for you to send your "fast money" this week to the Redmon's in order to bring these 5 Ukrainian kiddos back to be raised by Rhonda and Mike (the policeman :). You can send it here. And then next week as you are fasting a meal or a coffee, if orphans in this part of the world have captured your heart, I'd like to invite you to check out the good people and work of Youthreach International =).
Never hurts to ask the ask and you have to ask if you love with a big, BIG LOVE. All my love to you from the farm today,
~L
Never hurts to ask the ask and you have to ask if you love with a big, BIG LOVE. All my love to you from the farm today,
~L
“Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
