Prince Sergey

It's Prince Sergey's 5th birthday today! Actually, in his country, it's already pasted. He didn't get any toys, no cards, no presents. It may not have even been recognized. Spud and I made him a video, but my camera cord has gone missing :( so i can't post it. It will be posted as soon as possible.


Dear Sergey,
From the moment I saw your beautiful eyes, I knew you were the one. I am doing the best to find you a family, but it's kinda hard. People here in America are scared. They are scared of the price, they are scared of adopting, they are scared of all that paperwork. I really wish they didn't put a price on forever families. And adopting isn't all that bad, I think it's almost better than biological kids. And I wish there wasn't so much paperwork. But YOU ARE WORTH IT, Prince S.
Maybe you want to know why I call Prince S. Well, your name is Sergey, and you are a son of the Risen King, Jesus, so you are a prince in my eyes, no matter what the world says.
I pray with all my heart that you will not be transferred to a mental institution. You don't deserve it. No child does. I KNOW your American (or Canadian) family is out there. They might even see this letter. I hope they do. I hope they realize that even with a condition like cerebral palsy, you are still a super smart boy. You are just like other kids, you just have some trouble expressing yourself and getting around. You get around to the fullest of your ability, and in America (or Canada)you could get help to make you even better (not that you aren't awesome the way you are).

I hope I will be able to see you next year when we travel to your country. If we don't, I want the reason to be that you are home, not in an institution or worse.
God does make miracles happen, and there is one in your future. I wrote a birthday letter for Sullivan for his fifth birthday, and found out he was getting adopted the next day. Now he's home in America.

Do you remember Sullivan? He was in your groupa. He had blond hair, blue eyes. He couldn't walk either. Then a month ago, he was visited by some Americans right? And on Friday, he disappeared, didn't he? You won't see him again, he is in America now. Maybe your new family will take you to go see him again. Or Katya. She will be leaving soon. Can you tell her her family is hurrying as fast as they can? Thanks. I KNOW your family is out there. Maybe they know you, and just don't know you are their son yet. Maybe you have met them.

I pray you will be home for your 6th birthday. Anthony turns six soon doesn't he? 62 days. I hope you will get to celebrate with him, meaning he isn't transferred. I hope both of you find families. I hope everyone in your orphanage will get adopted. If only 1% of the people who call themselves Christians adopted just one child each, there wouldn't be anymore orphans. So why don't they go? It says in the bible that "Pure Religion is this: to look after orphans in their distress." (James 1:27). Adopting is helping, right? Well, Happy Birthday, Sergey. We had a birthday party for you, I hope you will be here to enjoy it next year.

An announcement...

After some consideration, I have decided to solely sponsor Sergey. Trying to sponsor six kids is very difficult. Spud will be sponsoring for Anthony. If either of us get any news about either of the boys, we will post.
I actually do have some announcements too! First of all, a "new" picture of Sergey! It is from June 2010, but I hadn't seen it before. The one of him in green is from February 2011. So here it is! Isn't he so adorable?!?

Does anyone else see the resemble between him and Sullivan? No? I do! They have the same nose, same blue eyes.
And another thing... Is it a coincedence? Or a sign?
i am working on a pair of children pajamas to get to sergey, either with an adopting family, or mailing them, or someway, thats not the point. I have a pefect piece of fabric, and i thought the design was perfect for sergey. The pattern is white with blue strips. At that point i hadnt seen the picture of sergey from june 2010. Then i saw that picture, and the design on sergeys clothes in that pictire, its the same! weird, right?
Well, wish us luck and be praying for Sergey please!

Another one!

http://bringingkatyahome11.blogspot.com/2011/04/we-interrupt-this-broadcast.html This is another family traveling over to Orphanage 25 to adopt their daughter, Katya. They also have a date and very well may be over there the same time as Sullivan (Sam)'s family! This is totally awesome! I've asked both families to get pictures of the other children at 25 while they are there, but there may be rules against taking pictures, like to protect child confidentially and stuff. Please be praying they both make it over quickly and safely and that everything will go great! I will be posting here about both trips, so keep updated!

Sergey

I'm sorry about the low quality of this picture. There is another coming of Sergey, but as of now, this is the only one we have received. An interesting thing about this picture though, I only just noticed it myself...
If you look at the top right hand corner of Sergey's picture, you should see a very blurred blue and yellow object. Well, we found out that that is Sullivan/ Samuel in the picture, see?


Well, now to tell you a little more about Sergey. As of now, he is 4 and a half years old. He struggles with many disabilities, which can be found HERE He is at significant risk of being transferred, and like Lorena and Anthony, lucky he hasn't been transferred to a horrible mental institution like THIS This is the future for him if he is not adopted. Most kids are sent on their 4Th birthday. Luckily the baby house has kept him. But his clock is ticking away. He only has $20 for his adoption. He still needs almost $20,000 more to be adopted. Sure, an adopting family could raise some of that money, but that's a lot, especially in this economy. So poor Sergey will waste away in a mental institution. He needs your help! Even if you can't donate, spread the word about him and Cheri, Lorena, Anthony, Katya, Caleb/Sebastian, and Sullivan/Samuel. Please.

10 Days

10 days untill Sullivan's 5th birthday. And I really want him to be home by his 6th. That's only 375 days!
On another note, this blog has had over 300 views! That's awesome! Keep sharing this please!

Thanks!

Thanks to Lyndi, who just brought home Fedia (lyndishupp.blogspot.com) she posted about this special little boy on her blog with a link to this one, so maybe Sullivan will find a home now! I don't want him to die, and that's what will happen if he stays where he is much longer.

New Picture!

Hey! Got a new pic of my little angel, Sullivan (above). Please share this blog and help Sullivan get a chance to do all the things he's meant to do! Little boys aren't supposed to just sit in an orphanage; he should have the chance to go see a movie in a movie theater, play ball with a dad or brother, wrestle with a friend, play with Nerf guns, have candy. Just because he's different, just because he can't talk all that good, he still deserves a family. A video montage will be coming soon.