Thank You Lifeline

Today our schedule was full of medical exams and paperwork.  Ruthie officially doesn't like doctor's and daddy officially doesn't like paperwork.


Many of our family and friends have expressed an inability to view the previously posted videos and are thus revolting.  So here is a reposting of earlier videos in a different format.  

In this post we would also like to express gratitude.  We have worked with an absolutely wonderful adoption agency in this process. Lifeline Children’s Services (www.lifelineadoption.org) cares for children through adoption, foster care, and a variety of other ministries in both the United States and around the world. 

Recently, Lifeline entered into a partnership with this orphanage in MaoMing to care for the approximately 60 special needs children who live here.  Lifeline’s goal is to find parents for as many of these children as possible, in addition to providing support for children with severe special needs. We met several of these kids yesterday, some of whom have already been matched through Lifeline, and others who are still waiting for a family to adopt them. They have varying special needs, and many of them are minor.  There are detailed profiles of waiting children in this MaoMing orphanage HERE, and we recently learned that Lifeline has entered into additional relationships with 5 other orphanages in China alone.  The outstanding work they do is being noticed by the government here. 

As we interacted with these children, it was clear that the primary special need each one of them has is a mom and dad who will give them a family and a home.  I know that if you are reading this blog, you likely weren’t ready for an invitation to adopt at the end of this post. But I must say that I have also prayed for this moment. For the moment when someone reads this blog, sees one of the other children on the MaoMing page now or in the days ahead, or another child altogether, and the Lord moves your heart to at least consider the potential of making this journey your own. A host of questions and concerns may come to your mind when you even consider adoption, and there are amazing people at Lifeline (as well as other agencies) who would love to help you process through those. I’m convinced that such questions and concerns will ultimately prove to be opportunities for God to show His faithfulness in ways you never could have imagined. Our Father is committed to providing for the fatherless, and I trust that He will grant you grace to follow Him if He is leading you to become a part of His plan to care for one of these precious children in need.

Lifeline, we thank you!

Sorry this video is upside down.  Operational error on my part.  Please turn your computers upside down to compensate!