Please stop reading this post and pray... right now.
Pray for these kids who have completely stolen our hearts.
Please pray for their current health and their future.
The past 3 days have been very emotional. From the high of my husband telling me he wants to adopt 3 more kids{and that we'll do everything possible to make that happen!} to the low, low, low of finding out more about these kids. We found out their living situation in Eastern Europe. By living situation, I mean we found out about their foster mom and house logistics. It is disheartening. My stomach was in pain yesterday, as more came to light about their situation. These poor kids. These incredibly precious kids that we want to parent forever!
Today I took them to the dentist and received more bad news. I couldn't stop my eyes from watering as he told me their situation. We knew there would be issues, due to the insane overcrowding in their mouth. The way he explained it was like this: His kids (he has 2 kids their exact same ages] cry about having a splinter stuck in them. These orphans have experienced pain. A lot of this tooth stuff happened as they were older and the body didn't absorb it. He said they have been filled with infection and pain for years. He said it's like stabbing your leg with a knife and leaving the blade in there, infected, for years.
He had glassy eyes when he talked about Sunshine. He's never seen a situation as horrifying as hers. He said that she will be in dentures by the time she's 17. He was shocked at both of their malnourishment. She has a large mass, that he won't claim as cancer, but it needs to be looked at. She has abscesses that must be taken out. One has to be removed within 6 months.
What can we do? We only have them for 3 1/2 more weeks. I have sought approval through the agency to rush some of this work, but the dentist has too much fear of malpractice since we don't no anything about their medical history. He doesn't want to experience an allergy, which requires epinephrin, if it will stop their heart. I understand his concern. This is a huge hurdle we'll need to get over so we can get her immediate help! Please pray for that miracle.
And Iceman? The dentist says he has hope. He explained the past pain he had to have endured, but that once they can remove some old root tips, and fill a few teeth, he has hope.
Our children. They are ours... at least right now. They are definitely our children in our hearts.
Our hurdles?
- Having some dental work completed, pronto... with all the necessary paperwork.
- Their parents' rights to be terminated. They don't have relationships with them. They have not been with them for years.
- Them choosing to live in America, and be adopted by us.
- Our peace, while knowing what their conditions are on the other side of the world
- The long, emotional process of international adoption, including spending a significant amount of time in that country
- My husband's job - he'd have to take a lot of leave for this
- Non-support - sometimes people can't understand why we'd do something like adopting 5 kids and they can say hurtful things
- Money - of course {but there's no price tag on them. Money won't stop us from doing anything -within our power- to get them here.}
Pray.
And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 1 John 5:14
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