Psalm 68:5-6

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

I am Stepanie Nance. My family adopted two little boys with Down Syndrome from Ukraine in 2010. I hope to educate and to inspire you. I hope to make you laugh and to make you cry.

Come along for the ride. It's a wild one!

Friday, October 22, 2010

The best news!

This is the best news you are going to hear all day long: Tori has a family!! Her adoption grant is fully funded and what do you know? Boom! Family!!

And here is another thing, and if you know me you know I hate say this but...I was wrong. Plain old wrong. You see, I underestimated the power of money to get things to happen. I have news about Tori!

My understanding is that it would be nearly impossible to find out her condition until a family showed up for her. I'm guessing that the fact that her adoption is completely funded combined with the fact that a family has committed to her was enough incentive for someone to successfully check up on her.

Tori is alive! The lower half of her body is paralyzed but the upper half is not. Great news! I can't wait to be able to share more. Here's hoping that her new family makes their commitment public very soon so that we can thank them and pray for them.

Now let us turn our attention to Brady and Heath! We know these boys are alive and well, but living in a terrible situation. Julia Nalle has shared some more about them today, at a great personal cost...read HERE. The door to adopt them is open for now, thanks in large part to the awesome Nalle family. But it won't stay open forever unless someone goes through it.

Because Brady and Heath are considered older boys, their fundraising is a tricky thing. Older boys don't have individual grant funds. The older boys adoption grant is a first come first served deal. In my opinion, we must focus on finding a family for these two boys and then focus on the money. Are you with me??

5 comments:

  1. HAPPY DANCE OVER HERE!! JUST PLAIN HAPPY!! NOW - BRADY AND HEATH - BRADY AND HEATH - BRADY AND HEATH.... WE NEED TO FIND FAMILIES FOR BRADY AND HEATH!! Only God can move that mountain because it is MUCH BIGGER!

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  2. Oh Stephanie - This is Wonderful Amazing news!!!! I can stop the happy tears from flowing!!!!!

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  3. I have been so excited about Tori's news!!! God is so good! And I completely agree with you about Brady and Heath! Let's find those boys a family!

    Kristin (gcmomblessed at RR)

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  4. OMG! God is sooooo good! Now lets do this total grant thing for Brady and Heath! you guys have proven it can be done with Julia and now Tori... lets do the same for these 2 precious boys! Where do we start? And How?

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  5. Wooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooooooooo!

    Keepin' prayin'

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