Hope is still in need of 7 Rainbowsponsors. We also need money for a special pressure suit for her burning wounds (and scars), and later we will need some money for an operation, so that she will be able to wear prosthesis. (Right now that is impossible because of an unprofessional amputation and big scar growth). Hope’s scars need to be massaged twice daily (two hours for 2 people together) so that her scars won’t grow any bigger.
For example, Hope was abandoned in the hospital by her parents 5 months ago. She was in the newspaper and on television. No one wanted to take care of her. We are very thankful they called us…Patrick wasn’t at home at that moment and I heard it from Geoffrey, our oldest son. They told him no one here wants to take care of this child, but your mom can do it… I was a little bit afraid as I heard about her situation. I prayed and it was like God spoke to me: you once said that you wanted to take care of children who no one else wants… I called Patrick to talk to him about it, and without hesitation he said, yes, I believe that we have to do it. So we called back and two days later Hope came to live with us. Now I don’t even know why I was afraid, or had any doubt. Hope is really a lovely 11 month old baby. Perfectly healthy, both physically and mentally. The only thing is that she can’t walk yet.
Bennie is still in need of 7 Rainbowsponsors. He also needs an operation for his open back (spina bifida). After his birth, his skin was closed, but under his skin it is still open. This is dangerous and asks for a specialized operation.
Bennie is a happy boy with spina bifida. Because of this, he can’t walk yet. He has to do excercises every day. We hope he will get splints soon. Because of these he would be able to learn to walk. In the beginning as Bennie came to live with us, he couldn’t do anything by himself. He just never was encouraged to do something. At the moment he lives for about one month with us, and now he climbs off the chair by himself, and crawls on his belly through the whole house. He is very good friends with David, who (of course) encourages him in every thing he does.
Little Bart is still in need of 7 rainbowsponsors.
Little Bart was born without an anus. After an operation, shortly after his birth, the doctor created an opening, so that everything can leave his body in quite a normal way.
Little Bart is a qute baby, who definitely knows what he wants. Little Bart is an “expensive” baby concerning diapers. Because of his handicap, he gets a diaper rash very quickly, in spite of the good care with diaper rash cream. He needs to get a clean diaper after every little urine (also at night). He also gets diarrhea quickly (because he doesn’t have a real closing muscle). He will let us know immediately when he needs a clean diaper. For the rest he just loves to sit on our lap and play together. He also really loves his babygym that makes music. He starts this thing by himself by moving his arms and kicking his legs against it.
David is still in need of 5 rainbowsponsors.
We believe God put it on our hearts to adopt David ourselves. This can take still quite some time, because we need a lot of paperwork done and it will cost also a lot of money too, even from China.
The amount of completing our dossier and sending it alone, will cost us 30,000RMB. We ask you to pray for David’s adoption and if God gives it on your hearts to make a financial donation for his adoption, we will be very thankful.
The people in charge here didn’t want to do David’s adoption papers anymore in general. They promised us though that they are willing to do it for us. Now he is still a fosterchild of us (not in our hearts, because there he is already a family member for a long time, like all the others), and we can’t take him with us if we have to go to Belgium or Hongkong. Also if we had to leave the country for whatever reason, we couldn’t take him with us. We have to leave him behind than, eventhough hen ever knew other parents than us. He already lives in our home for more than 7 years now. Because of this, he became a European person inside and a Chinese person on the outside. We would love to give him the security that he never has to leave us (for example going back to the orphanage) and that he can stay in our family forever.
Esther enjoying her ice cream. She is still in need of 5 rainbowsponsors.
Esther is a lovely girl who used to have epileptic insults regularly. She only had one in our home. We believe she will get better completely.
Joseph, severely handicapped, but a miracle that he is still with us. He has 7 rainbowsponsors. Thank you so much!!!
Joseph is happy if everything is just the same every day. Just in time his food, drinks, washing, and his therapy. For example, if he needs to go to the office for his vaccines, he is completely out of his daily routine. Joseph is very happy if you talk to him, or touch him, he just responds in a very happy way than. He just loves it, just to lay outside on the mat and feel a soft wind over his body. Thank you Joseph that you tought us to enjoy these simple and precious things and moments!!
Qiao Qiao, people told us he was authistic, but since he lives with us, he likes it more and more to touch us, and even a hug in time, he can appreciate now. He also has 7 sponsors already. Thank you very much!!!
Qiao Qiao is mentally handicapped, but what we see, not autistic. He loves to go for a walk together with us. He also gets our hands and claps them together with us. In the beginning it was hard for him to remember what he can do and can’t in our home, but now he is completely adjusted to us. He is a lovely boy, who still needs to be watched all the time, because he still is mentally handicapped. He totally loves to play with water.
Jonathan is still in need of 5 more rainbowsponsors.
Jonathan is a very qute boy with micro cephalis (too small brains). He can talk a little bit, and will let you know very clearly if one of the other children is after his toys. He probably had some lack of oxygen during birth, so that he is not able to use his left side of his body very well. Although he is improving because of his daily exercises. He is really very sweet and precious!!!
Boaz is still in need of 4 rainbowsponsors.
At the moment we have a battle with Boaz’s weight. He has to weigh 10 kilo before the doctor wants to operate him. We are almost there… We hope that he can go to Kunming next month for his operation. He could use some more money for his journey and stay in Kunming together with a nanny that will go with him. It is a miracle that he tries to talk a lot. We hope that he can be operated as soon as possible and that the doctor is aware of what he has to do, like they say he is. Because Boaz is really in need of an expert doctor!!!
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