Thank you all for you prayers. The crisis AoH was facing is over and the kids are doing great. I returned my little charge to the orphanage (after he gained nearly 5 pounds) and he is doing fine.
(The AoH girls washing their hands before lunch.)
Tim Faust, AoH USA employee and Clinical Therapist come out to the country to help do some therapy and training with me and the other orphanage staff members. We are grateful for his visit and I am excited about the new sensory integration therapy I learned and will be able to do with the children.
(Tim Faust, Patty Anglin - AoH founder and director, baby, nanny.)
Adoptions are still suspended in the country. Me, my parents, Acres of Hope, and the other adoption agencies in the country are advocating for the children and encouraging the government to finalize the new adoption laws and lift the suspension. There are many children matched for adoption in the country who need to go home, especially those with medical needs. There are many more needy children in Liberia who could be helped or even saved through adoption. Please continue to pray that the new laws will be set in place, that the laws will truly be in the best interest of the children, and that the suspension will be lifted very soon.
I have been so busy with all this adoption related stuff but I feel it is best to not give too many details in such a public format.
But I can share that I was on Liberian Radio this week!!!
Go to
this link to hear me, a Liberian adoption worker, and an American adoptive dad (from ACFI) on Liberian radio answering calls on adoption. We thought it was funny that I was introduced as an "Adoption Expert" but oh well…I guess I could be compared with your average Liberian who might not even know what adoption is!
(A fun picture I took in a market.)
-Melodie
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