James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
This year in lieu of Christmas gifts for our customers our
business donated funds in their names to a charity called Reece's Rainbow. This charity advocates for children that need
families. Many times families have the
funds to raise a child but they don't have the funds to pay the ransom to bring
that child home. Reece's Rainbow helps
to fund those adoptions. This is one of
the little girls that we chose to donate to at Christmas time. Her name is Marcia and she is cute girl with
dark hair and eyes. Marcia just had a
birthday. While most children are excited to celebrate their birthday, that
isn't the case for Marcia. You see, this was her fifth birthday, which means
she was removed from her orphanage and placed in an institution. Marcia belongs
in a family, not an institution! It is
my hope and prayer that someone will find this little angel and bring her into
their family. She is the same age as our
Wesley and I just can't even imagine what would go thru his little mind if he
was one day picked up out of the only home he has ever known and taken to a
mental institution where he would never see those he loved again. It makes me cry to even think about it.
From her Reece's Rainbow profile:
5q45-23HA
Girl, born in February 2007
Gray eyes
Hair dark brown
Nature calm; very quiet and kind personality
Marcia has a mild form of paraparesis, pelvic organs dysfunction, instability of hip joints; stemming from her main diagnoses — compensated hydrocephalus (treated with a shunt) and operated spina bifida.
The girl has had several successful surgeries as a baby. At this point, she has limited mobility (she walks, but needs assistance), but the doctors are sure that she will be walking without a help in the future. She has urinary incontinence and never been potty trained and has never been seen by an urologist. Neurosurgeons, however, are very happy with her progress and give a very good prognosis. They mention good muscular activity in her legs and good intellectual functioning.
She understands commands and follows directions very well, although her speech is delayed. She was seen by a speech therapist during one of her hospitalizations, and the speech therapist was very happy with her progress.
She has a good disposition and loves to cuddle. She is able to form secure attachments with adults who take care of her, loves her nanny at the hospital and always cries when it's time to go back to the orphanage. She is not thriving at the orphanage and really needs a loving family.
Isn't she beautiful? Could she be your daughter? If you would like to donate to her fund so that it would be easier for her future family to adopt her go to this link. Reece's Rainbow profile:
