Stepping it up

Last week I was informed that Ivan had passed away,only to learn 2 days ago that that was some seriously wrong info! Ivan is alive, and so is Timmy. HOWEVER... I have learned much much more about these little ones through people who have met them, and others who work in their country on behalf of the adoption ministry they are listed with...

Timmy's birthday is on Feb 22... less than 2 months away. Children in this orphanage are transferred to an institution when they are 5 years old... promptly. Time is of the essence for Timmy! Ivan turns 5 in May and does not have much time left! Unfortunately this orphanage also has a history of having special neds children transferred to places that CANNOT be adopted from.

Do you understand the urgency here?!

They have been in this orphanage their entire life and will be ripped away from everything they have known... the beds they've laid in nearly all day, every day, the careworkers - though swamped with the responsibility of taking care of many with little resources - they have interer acted with their entire lives... to be put in a car, whisked away to a place where they will be forgotten... I don't want to write about the terrors of these institutions... there's enough eyewitness accounts for you to read/watch yourself...

ZERO donations... zero. Can you skip dinner out? Can you sell some of your stuff on Craigslist? Use some of your (expected) tax return? Have a bake sale? Return some Christmas gifts you really didn't need/want anyways? All donations are tax-deductible. Children listed on Reece's Rainbow with sizeable grants have found families in record time. Let's step it up and fight for them!

If you have a FaceBook profile, please "like" this page, post it as a status and invite all your friends: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Life-for-Timmy-and-Ivan/179370815421511 Who knows what generous people this might reach, and perhaps even their forever families!

Most of all - pray for Timmy and Ivan!