of glory that far outweighs them all."
As I read my daily devotional I came upon this title "When Life's Not Fair", and it made me think about all those kids who still in the orphanage. Life is unfair to them. They didn't do anything to anybody, but they are orphans, and many of them don't have anyone to love them. I was an orphan too, as you all know, and I know how those kids feel. I was so scared that I would not have a chance to be adopted after I finished school, but my prayers were answered when I was adopted, just three months before my 17th birthday, when I no longer would have been eligible for adoption.
How many 16 year old children have been adopted? Prabably not very many. I was afraid I would never have a family, but it was still very hard for me to leave Odessa, friends and family.
Many orphans hate their lives. But you know what? I never hated it, because I realized that if I wouldn't be there, I would never have a chance to be adopted, and that is for sure.
A lot of children have been adopted this past year. I have been reading other families blogs, it's just amazing. Blogs are a wonderfull thing! It's so marvelous to see those kids happy. When you see children, from the orphanage smiling you still can see sadness in their eyes. But thanks to Vinny, Clara, Grandma Lila, Alyona and Slava, those children at least have hope.
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Hi Annie,
My name's Michelle, I live just outside of D.C. in Fairfax County, VA. I'm learning about Russia & Ukraine right now & am starting to learn Russian - getting the alphabet down but still working on pronunciation! :-P
Anyway, I'm 22 so just a little bit older than you and wanted to say hi. If I can be of any encouragement to you or you just want to get in touch, you can reach me at shortstuffA16(at)aol.com. Of course it uses the actual @ symbol, I just didn't want to write it that way so it won't pop up during internet searches. ;-)
Praying for you,
michelle
That is exactly what I pray, Annie, that the children who are in the orphanages will know that God loves them, that He will send people to tell them about Himself. And then I also pray that He will send Christian families to adopt them. I can't wait to get to Odessa to adopt our girl...and to Balta to adopt her friend! :-) I so enjoyed your story and prayed for you all when you were being adopted. I praise God!
Oh, Annie, I praise God that He is sending families to adopt! I keep praying that more families will come and that we can tell everyone about these wonderful children. You are so right. I pray they know God's love first and foremost.
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