I'm feeling discouraged today and can't tell if it has anything to do with the adoption or not. Sometimes I get this deep awareness of how dark the world is, and when this happens, it really affects my spirit. I have been unpleasantly surprised lately by how commonplace cruel teasing is amongst kids. When I ask the kids I work with how they've been teased lately, the overwhelming response has been that they've been told to "Go kill yourself." I have no idea how or why telling someone to kill themselves has gained popularity, but it is so awful that I just can't fathom how there are so many kids willing to say it to other kids. And most of the kids I work with are the last kids in the world who need to be told that. I was walking in the hallway with a student today at a local high school when another student called the student I was with a very inappropriate and derogatory name, right in front of me- the adult! I just feel sad about it all. And some days it makes me inspired to try to help the situation, and some days it just makes me sad. Today it makes me sad.
What does this have to do with our adoption? Hopefully nothing. I was thinking about both Katya and Sara having to live in this world that can be so cruel, though. And it may be particularly hard for Katya, since she doesn't look 100% normal.
On a good note, I got my BCI and FBI fingerprints done at lunch. I also got my blood drawn for my STD tests. In the lab room, right next to another patient, the nurse loudly announced, "You have to sign this before we can run the HIV test." Talk about HIPPA violations; I thought that was amusing and was thankful the other patient didn't know me.
Anyways, I'm gonna go watch Lost. I've got 3 minutes to get downstairs.
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Adopting?!
In case you missed the first blog entry explaining how this all came to be, I thought I'd put a little explanation here. Last December, I was looking at pics of special needs orphans. I know that this is a random thing to do, and I honestly don't even remember why I was doing it. I certainly did not have any intentions of adopting one of the children on the site when I first started looking, but once my eyes were opened to the reality of these sweet little children with no families of their own and really not much hope at all, I couldn't pretend that I didn't see what I saw. And so I knew we had to do something. I have always believed in my heart that I would adopt a child someday; I just hadn't guessed it would be at this time. When I saw Katya's picture, I felt an attachment to her and started to pray about her situation including whether or not we were the family meant to adopt her. When I told Jon about it, instead of thinking I was crazy, he prayed about it and tried to listen to what God would want us to do. And he decided that he could open his heart to this little girl and that he felt that opening our home to her is what we were supposed to do. So here we are. Katya has a type of craniosyntosis and needs medical attention as soon as possible. In her country, she is seen as disabled and will be sent to an instituton very soon. That is why we need to move very quickly with this adoption. We are praying that God's will be done and that all obstacles to this adoption be removed:financial barriers, time restraints, agency and paperwork problems, political changes, medical issues, personal/emotional concerns, etc. If you would like to help or support in any way, let us know. There is also a link where you can make a tax deductible donation. The adoption will cost about $20000 dollars we think. Katya needs lots of prayer, too (as do we).
I came here from Little Loaves and Fishes. Like many on RR I am so glad Katya has a family and I have enjoyed reading your story here. I do pray that your paperwork comes together quickly. And I had to chuckle about the HIV test's lack of privacy. Like I told someone, as an adoptive mom I think I've been fingerprinted and checked for HIV more than a lot of people who are in jail!!
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