Kirill, Jonah, and Patrick Updates

I just had to share some wonderful updates on these three boys who I have written about on my blog. Kirill's family was finally allowed to adopt him and he is home. Here is a picture of him home with his brother. I wrote about Kirill here and you can read more at Kirill's family's blog, Our Eyes Opened, if you are interested in reading about the miracles that brought him home after a judge originally said he would be better off living the rest of his days in an institution versus being adopted by the family who had come to adopt him and already loved him.


Sweet Patrick who is from Kaifeng, just like my boys, has a family who has committed to adopting him. Almost all the children from the Love Without Boundaries foster care program in Kaifeng have been adopted or have families who will be traveling soon to adopt them. I was so thrilled to hear the news that Patrick will soon have a family!


Last but not least, Jonah has a family who wants to adopt him and is in his country right now working to do that while they adopt another child from the same orphanage. The child they were originally adopting is best friends with Jonah and precious Jonah has captured the family's heart too. They are trying to move mountains of paperwork to bring both children home together. Please pray that all the paperwork and approvals will be taken care of and Jonah can come home. He was about to be transferred to the adult mental institution so it is very important that this family be able to adopt him so he never has to spend a day in such a place. Julia, who adopted her son from the very same adult mental institution that Jonah is about to be sent to, wrote about it on her blog.


It has made me so very happy to know that all three of these boys have families who want them. I know God greatly loves all the children in the world who are waiting and waiting for a family to call to their own and He wants to see all of them in loving families. He has moved the hearts of many people who have realized that they too can make a difference in the life of a child whether that be by praying for waiting children, donating money toward adoption costs, sponsoring a waiting child, or opening their families to bring one or more of these children home. Everyone can do something and I believe in my heart that the bigger the sacrifice, the bigger the blessing.

I am looking forward to celebrating four weeks of knowing my boys tomorrow and writing about how they have been blessing us amid the challenges.