I follow several blogs of families who have children born into their families with special needs, or who have adopted children with special needs from other countries, mainly Eastern Europe. I've also become familiar with the website, Reece's Rainbow, an adoption website that advocates for these special needs children in EE who so desperately need families.
One of the blogs I read, No Greater Joy Mom, has adopted four special needs daughters, two from China and two (with down syndrome) from Eastern Europe. When Adeye brought home Hailee and Harper, they were 5 and 2 respectively, and dear Hailee weight only 15 pounds. Yes, 15 pounds at 5 years old. She grew up living in they "laying room" which essentially meant she spent her entire life, the whole 5 years up till that point, just laying in a crib. All because she had down syndrome. If you looked at the pictures of this poor little girl, your heart would break! Absolutely break! She was as thin as could be, couldn't really sit unassisted, definitely couldn't crawl or walk. But, she was adopted out and has been home a year how, and its amazing what the power of love and nourishment can do for a child! She is walking, talking, has gained weight, and though she is still small for a 6 year old, she is loved and she is saved! It is amazing!
Anyway, Adeye made a commitment to advocate for the 5 children who were in the laying room with Hailee and she made the commitment that, through her blog, she was going to rescue those children! And guess what! She has raised the money through her readers and found families for 3 of those 5 children! They all got the chance to escape, and through the amazing readers of Adeye's blog, the money was raised for the ransom for these children. It is not cheap to adopt from EE, and a grant of $20,000 is considered to be enough to pay for the whole (or almost all) of the adoption. That much money was raised for EACH of those three children! But they aren't the only orphans Adeye has advocated for and raised money for. There are at least 3 or 4 others whom she has advocated for, and through the power of the internet, has raised $20,000 for each child, so that money is not an issue for their families, so that these families who so desperately want to rescue one of these beautiful children doesn't have to say, We can't afford an adoption. All these families need is faith.
And now, Adeye has done it again.
This is sweet Teri Lynn.
She is 5 years old, and has down syndrome. She has been living in a baby house, and has been taken care of quite well.
Four weeks ago, she was transferred to a mental institution because she is 5 years old.
This is what Teri Lynn looks like after 3 short weeks in the institution.
Three weeks! Three weeks in a mental institution did this to a beautiful little girl! That, my friends, is how horrible these mental institutions are. 95% of the children transferred to the institutions will not survive, and most of them don't survive past a year! How can you not want to do something!
And that is where Adeye has come in. Over the past 5 days, Adeye's readers have bonded together and raised over $21,000, plus two people have agreed to match up to $2,500 if that much was raised in a day, which it was. So beautiful Teri Lynn's waiting family has over $26,000 in her grant to be used for her adoption! This is more than enough to pay the ransom for this little girl.
The only problem? She hasn't found her family yet. And without a family, all the money in the world can't save this little girl.
So, could you be Teri Lynn's family? Do you know someone who could be Teri Lynn's family?
Just take a look at this sweet girl. She doesn't deserve to live in an institution, and neither does any other child.
To learn more about how you can help Teri Lynn or to inquire about her, click here.
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