Something that has been heavy on my heart recently, which I have been meaning to blog about for weeks, is a huge fundraiser/giveaway going on right now, called "Mulligan Stew." This fundraiser/giveaway was started by some very big-hearted people out in the blogsphere, to help find and fund families for older and special needs kids, esp. from a certain orphanage in Bulgaria where the children suffered the worst kinds of conditions and neglect.
Would you please, please, please go read this page, that introduces you to the names and faces of specific orphans who are being helped by the giveaway? The post describes what their current orphanage life is like, and tells about the giveaway/fundraiser and what it is hoping to do. Reading that and other posts on the same blog will also introduce you to some of the families who will be helped with the funds raised, the families trying to rescue these kids and bring them home. I LOVE "meeting" these families and reading their stories--I love their hearts and their JOY.
And then would you please consider sharing the page with other kind and generous-hearted people you know, via facebook or email?
These are children. They did not ask to be born into this world, they are not responsible for their physical limitations, they do not deserve to be treated as if they are so worthless. They are children, and every single one of us has the ability to do something--one little thing--to raise awareness about how much children over the world are suffering. And each one of us can help out a little bit to bring one child into a family.
I am not feeling guilty that I cannot adopt right now. To be honest, adopting is hard; beautiful, but hard. If God does not seem to be indicating that we should be adopting (right now), then I'm completely fine with that. But I don't have to adopt to do something to help an orphan today. I can help support the families who are adopting, who are doing the hard, beautiful thing. In effect, I can have my cake and eat it too--help bring needy children into loving homes, without the hard work of doing the actual adopting and parenting. ; ) Would you please consider doing the same?
The fundraiser/giveaway ENDS MARCH 31. Which is why I am so sorry I did not blog about it sooner. But there is no time like the present, if any of you want to jump in and be part of the blessings! AND if any of you feel led to contribute today, there is a special bonus matching grant available that will end TONIGHT.
Thank you for reading the link(s), thank you for sharing the fundraiser with others and helping these children get out of their hellish orphanages and into loving homes.
May you all have a day of grace, of joy, of awareness of blessings, of laughter and cuddles with those you love! And may your day soften your heart towards those little ones who will sit alone all day, untouched, unloved, but not forgotten.
UPDATE: There is another post today that is just too beautiful for words. Oh, the huge hearts of these people who are seeking to adopt special needs and older kids! And there is another matching donation that has just been offered, that will benefit two of the orphans who are in most urgent need. If you have not yet followed these links and considered if you are led to give or to pass along this giveaway/fundraiser to others (email, blog, facebook, whatever!) then would you please do so today? Thank you so much!
Thanks for all of the info and links. I will definitely pray and ask God to show me what he wants me to do to help the orphans. Like you, my husband and I plan to foster or adopt later in our lives. We just don't feel led to do it at this point.
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