More babies!

Or no more babies..that is the question.

I know some of you other mommies also struggle with this problem...even when surgery seems to be the final say, my heart still cries for more. Is this a selfish motivation, we need more babies to make ourselves happier? That I do not know. But for now my heart is heavy for more children. I wonder if the longing ever really goes away. For some, the answer is a simple yes. Yet for many other (close friends who I've sat hours discussing this) the drive is not easily abated.

I've been reading Max Lacado's new book, Outlive Your Life. Here is a quote from page 6..."we have enough bedrooms to house the orphans. Here's the math. There are 145 million orphans worldwide. Nearly 236 million people in the United States call themselves Christians. From a purely statistical standpoint, American Christians by themselves have the wherewithal to house every orphan in the world."

I have been following the story of a some dear frinds I know from childhood...they married and had three of their own children. They have since adopted two boys from Haiti..one who needed major facial reconstruction. They are in the middle of a major governmental struggle with Uganda as they are adopting a girl with seizures there...he had to come back while she stayed becasue the paperwork has been locked up...they are'nt thinking about the money, or inconvienience, or time...they are focused on service and God and go forward everyday KNOWING they are in His will. Many of us may say, Oh well I don't feel that calling...and maybe you don't. But shouldn't it be something we consider?

So we've been praying for an organization called Reece's Rainbows for some time now. They make adoption for kiddos with Down's Syndrome and other special needs possible in a country that disposes of them by age 4-5. Russia admits special needs children into adult institutions at the age of 4-5. The need is desperate. And I've begun to put money aside for a time when adoption may be possible. The waiting is a labor of it's own...for now I'll blog about it.

Check out the site www.reecesrainbow.com