I was cleaning out my email box this morning and ran across this email I have saved for four years. A friend of ours, Cyndi, sent this email to me on Wednesday, April 16, 2003. It literally and dramatically changed our lives, and I thought I'd share it.
Kim, When I read this I felt like I needed to forward it to you. I'm on the email list for Grace Chapel Church because for awhile I was attending a singles group there. I just thought you'd like to be praying! Hope your week is going well! ;) Cyndi
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A Special Adoptive Need
A baby girl was born on Saturday @ 31 weeks (9 weeks early). She is in the NICU and doing well. She weighed 3 pounds, 6 ounces and is breathing on her own. Originally the hospital said she would be there at least 6 weeks but today they said she will be released in 3 weeks because she is doing better than anticipated. The birth mother is 21, this is her 4th baby. She drank heavily during the pregnancy, the effects of that are unknown. She is married but her husband is not the father. Both birth parents have met with an attorney and are ready to sign consents as soon as a family is found. Ironically, in spite of all of this, the one thing she is asking for in an adoptive family is that they be Christians. In her words "not just say they are Christians but really go to church and live it".
I need an adoptive family willing to accept these potential challenges. Because of time constraints I'm really only looking for calls from people who are seriously interested and ready to act NOW. I have to come up with a family today so this has to happen FAST. Is the Lord prompting you to pursue this or perhaps mention this to someone else who might be interested? This is an opportunity for someone to minister to these birth parents as well as provide a forever home to this precious gift from God. Even though she is little, He made her and she is perfect to Him. Whether or not the Lord is prompting you to adopt, we covet your prayers in this situation.
2 comments:
Wow. And your lives have never been the same since receiving that email.
You need to print it out and put it in a scrapbook or something (in the event your computer crashes and it's lost).
Actually, it is printed out and in her baby book. I just haven't actually read it in quite some time, so it was neat to re-read the email again.
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