borrowed time...

i think daily about the sweet children i know around the world in orphanage cribs.  since having brooks, nightly, as i am holding him and making sure his tummy is full, his blankets are just right, the temperature is good, and he's comfortable and cozy, i see their faces, and think of all they have gone with out.  man, it makes my heart so sad...it always has, but definitely makes it ache in a new way now, in a momma way.  it's almost too much to take, tears fall quicker and last longer now.

so rather than feel like i am doing nothing, i will continue to pray and post again, and again about any of the kids i can.

here's the story for you....and i am pretty sure that every one who actually reads by blog already knows about this little guy, but in case some one else wanders by who doesn't..i had to share.  again.

this little boy was one of the first children i held in my arms on my first TEAMWorks trip to ukraine in 2010.  since then, we have watched him grow and change, and become stronger, take steps in a walker, sit contentedly in a chair, reach for toys, and make sounds.  i leaned over his chair and played patty-cake with him while i was there this summer, i held his hands and talked sweetly to him.  the clock has ticked towards that 5th birthday when his time in his baby orphanage would be up...i can't stand that we had to feel dread towards a little one's birthday.  by the grace of God, he has been given 6 more months in his orphanage.  6 more months for his family to find him, please join me in praying that a family will commit to bringing him home.  he's already on borrowed time, and I am SO thankful for God's protection over him.  he's prayed for and loved by many of us here and we are thankful God answered our prayers by protecting him from a move to an institution for another 6 months.

as abby says here, it really is a gift.  

Pray that God will find him a family and continue to protect this sweet little guy.