I spoke with David Avilla last evening he is the man from California who is the director for Advocates For Orphans International.(They are the organization who arranges for Ukranian orphans to come to the USA for a 10 day to 2 week visit. This is how found out about Anastasiya, she was to be part of a hosting program in December, but the children were not granted permission to travel because of the swine flu epidemic.) The remainder of the children who were scheduled to travel have received permission to come to the USA this coming Monday. They have been trying to arrange for this group to come since last May and permission was just finally given yesterday.
PLEASE PRAY THERE ARE STILL 5 CHILDREN WHO NEED AN AMERICAN FAMILY TO HOST THEM!!! David is trusting that God will intervene and provide 4 additional families by Monday. To host a child you must be willing to have the child stay with you and your family while they are in the USA and be willing to consider adopting the child if the child is a fit for your family. There is a 9 year old little boy, an 11 year old girl, a 13 year old girl and two sisters (age 11 & 13) who are still praying for families to want to host them. Whoever chooses to host the sisters will recieve a double blessing as both girls will com to your home! PLEASE PRAY THAT GOD WILL CALL FAMILIES TO HOST THESE CHILDREN. IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO YOU FEEL WOULD BE A GOOD PROSPECTIVE HOST FAMILY PLEASE PASS THE REQUEST ONTO THEM. THESE CHILDREN NEED OUR HELP TO MAKE THEIR DREAM POSSIBLE!!! If you have questions or desire further information, here is David's email to contact him david@advocatefororphans.org. He has been an amazing help to us during our adoption process. We have been so very, very blessed with a beautiful little girl who will be a wonderful blessing to our family. I am assured there are families who the children arriving Monday will equally bless. God calls us to outreach to these children and we feel we are helping a child and we find we are the ones who are helped more and blessed more than even they are. Russ and I will be praying and anxious to see who God calls to host one of these children and who will receive the double blessing of the sisters.
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Lori, I will be praying for this. I want to share this info with friends - any chance of pics of the children that are to visit the US ? If they were to consider this -what kind of costs are involved (ballpark) ? Hate to ask but they will ask. Do any of the children speak ANY English ? How does one communicate to host a child ? Thank you for your help and God's Blessing on your whole family !
ReplyDeleteDebbie, this is David replying. Lori was kind to include mention of the trip here today. She and Russ are the first couple in my years of producing hosting programs to be at an orphanage when a group actually departs! The Walk family has their own story going on here in this blog and I want to respect their blog space. If you would like info on the program, please email me and I can correspond directly with you to provide all the information you are requesting. Thank you for your interest!
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