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Aura Lee

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Andrea

This sweet child is Aura Lee.

She lived in an orphanage for the first 6 years of her life. Lonely perhaps, neglected – probably, but her most basic needs are met.

She’s a beautiful child.

Then the day came. The awful, inevitable day of transfer. For many children this is a death sentence – that’s the horrible truth so many kids face. She was transferred to an adult mental institution. This is her shortly after transfer.

7 years old and tiny as a toddler. Starved. Restrained. Vulnerable.

Little Aura Lee just had her 8th birthday. Life for her is not life at all. Now, she’s literally hanging on by a thread. If you watch the video below carefully, you can see her collar bone protruding and bruises.

Click to watch – Video of Aura Lee

The good news is she has an incredible family fighting to get her out and bring her home. The bad part is the harsh reality little Aura Lee may not survive long enough. This family is in a big hurry! They are doing everything they can but they can’t do it alone. Please check out their bio to lean more about their journey and consider how you can help this little girl survive. Pray, donate, share? Heck, reach out to the family and ask how you can support them! I want to see this sweetheart come home. I want to meet her someday since she’ll be so close to me! I want to see her survive and thrive!

Would You?

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Andrea

Christmas time has come and gone once more… During the mad rush of shopping and preparing and attending holiday gatherings, did you stop to think about what the holidays really mean? This season is so full of want want want, but what about give give give? Isn’t it truly about the giving nature of the season, when we pause to give thanks to God for giving up his only son Jesus, who died on the cross to save us sinners? All so that we could have eternal life. Now, even if you aren’t a believer, this holiday season should still represent giving and sharing, right?

After seeing the truly horrific and glum existence of many of the orphans in the world, would you consider helping a family bring home one of them? What a gift adoption is and how blessed both parent and child can be by it. To show a child who has spent their entire existence in a laying room, never ever being held, cries ignored, diapers soiled far too long, often drugged, or abused, or just… not loved. Would you help give a child like that a family of their own? Would you?

If all it took was one day where you didn’t go to Starbucks but instead donated that $4 to a family’s adoption fund? Would you?

Let me repeat that, ONE DAY, $4! That is so piddly isn’t it? We spend that without batting an eye twenty times over at Target on junk we don’t need right?

So, would you?

I happen to know of a need that is pretty huge right now. I have some friends who are trying to make an orphan in this world, an orphan no longer. I have personally met each of these families and there is no better place for an orphan to end up, wonderful people. But the cost of adoption can be upwards of $25,000 , yes I did just say that. So before you decide whether or not you want to donate, share, or pray, please check out each one of these sweet families and what they are fighting for.