Fundraising

An update on our adoption stuff.
We submitted our immigration papers a few weeks ago. We are currently waiting for a fingerprint appointment. We are compiling our dossier.
We had a bump in our fundraising efforts. I had a lasagna dinner last weekend and made alittle over $200. I was hoping for more but that was good. I had mailed out some fundraising letters as well before we went for Prasun's surgery. We have had a couple of donations. I adjusted our thermometer just now. We are getting close to $6000 raised. As soon as I finish our dossier I'm going to start working on grant applications.
I have a few fundraisers in mind for the next few months. We know God will provide for our need. We just keep praying for hearts to be burdened. We know that they are because we can see the attacks from Satan not just on our house, but on others as well.
If you feel lead to donate, we have an account with Reece's Rainbow. All donations are tax deductible. You can either click on Valerie's button (the Red one) or you can donate through the Chip-In under the red button. All of the funds go to Reeces Rainbow. The difference is that I can see who donates through the Chip-In and don't know who donates to RR. Donations can also be mailed to Reeces Rainbow
Reece's Rainbow
PO Box 4024
Gaithersburg, MD 20885
This helps avoid the 3% in paypal fees.
Thank all of you for following our journey. Also a huge thanks to all who have donated to our adoption fund. We appreciate your sacrifice to change the life of a child. I'm humbled by your support.

If you ever doubted the need for adoption...

If you ever had any doubts about the need for international adoption, let me introduce you to Sandra. This beautiful little girl lived a lonely life. She probably didn't have enough to eat, didn't get many hugs or kiss. She may not have ever had anyone say "I love you". It doesn't really matter now though. Sandra is in Heaven. Her Heavenly Father is holding her and saying "I Love You".
Stupid, Greedy Human Nature.
***EDITTED**** This is just one of the beautiful children listed on Reeces Rainbow. Alot of these children are in danger of being transferred to mental institutions in *astern *urope. Just look it up on YouTube and you will see the horrible conditions and why these children die from neglect. We have fairly strong social systems. These countries don't.
People looking the other way when directly asked to help save a life.
How many more children die before people get their act together? Unfortunately, probably alot. I guess Sandra got the good end of the deal. She is with Jesus.

Doing Well

We are doing good. We made it out of ICU last night. We waited all day for a room. Prasun was hurting and scared yesterday. He is a bit of an anxious child and you can't really blame him for being scared with all that is going on.
We immediately noticed a difference in the tone of Prasun's legs and hips. The doctor told us that he found the nerves that were causing the spastic movements and they were BAD. He cut alot of them. Prasun was laying on his back with his hips rotated slightly to the left when we got to ICU. This is so abnormal because he ALWAYS rotates to the right. We are very optimistic. He can move his legs so now all we have to do is get his strength back. I know we have a long road of therapy ahead of us. 6 months or more of 5 days a week. That is what the therapists are doing. As his parents, I would like to see us do that much. Its time to get both of these kids walking.
Well, I'm sure that was all rambling but I'm going to leave it. I'm going to take a nap with Prasun. Hopefully we will have a great therapy session tomorrow.

One More Day

We have one more day left. Anxieties are running high in our house. Prasun isn't a fan of the doctor anymore so any talk about this causes him anxiety. Me and Patrick are freaked out. Patrick was researching the surgeon on the internet yesterday for any reason to not do the surgery. Once Prasun is awake and in ICU I'll be a whole lot better.
I'll update everyone on facebook throughout the day tomorrow and then blog once we are settled in. Today its packing and cleaning.

5 Days

I wanted to speak briefly about special needs children and our current situation.
In 5 days, the life of one of my children is going to change, largely and forever. We have 5 days until surgery. This surgery could allow Prasun to walk completely independently, or it could cause him to be paralyzed. That is a really big thing to be facing when he doesn't really know the full ramifications.
I know that God has a great plan for his life. I know that he is in God's hands and that God loves him way more than I ever could.
Truth be told though, I'm scared. They are operating on my child's spinal cord, but even more worrisome is that he is simply having surgery. I don't like it when my kids have surgery. For those hours, I have NO control over their safety. As a nurse, to me that is scary. SIGH!!!
This is how God tests me. He puts me in situations where I have to rely on Him for the safety of my family.
So for the next 5 days, I'm going to be an emotional wreck. I am going to be trying not to thing about the surgery. I'm going to just make a to do list and check off everything. Make plans for the week after surgery and just pretend that nothing is going to happen.
If you see me crying, say a prayer for us. Give me a hug, then promptly change the subject.
Thank you.