The Zoo Kids

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

A little about Eli

We learned something new about Eli this week that made me grieve for his birth-momma...I was filling out paperwork for our I-800 and stumbled across something I hadn't seen before. His date of birth (which I typed about 3467 times on about 300 different forms) is January 13, 1999. He was found abandoned in front of the orphanage in MaoMing on July 10, 2000.....he was 18 months old! He had an obvious heart condition and his birth mom couldn't afford the treatment so she loved on this sweet boy for 18 months before she made the heart wrenching decision to give him up so that he had a shot at life/survival. It was either love him to death -literally or love him so much that she could let him go. I think back to the bond I had with each of my bio-kiddos at that age...I cannot even imagine living in a culture where the poor are denied the care needed for their kids. My heart truly breaks for her. I think too about Eli. He did finally have surgery at 6 years old to correct his heart defect. His mommas greatest act of love/sacrifice gave him a second chance at life.

My prayer is that God would so overwhelm us with love for Eli and that our bond with him would be immediate. I pray we would continue the legacy of love shown by his mother and that in time he'd embrace the extravagant love if our heavenly father.

Please pray for us in these last few months as we fundraise to bring these kids home. We are still selling our Mei shirts and have been so blessed so far ...we just have a few thousand to go to get to our full financial need. Please help us continue to spread the word!

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