Noel

The day of or the night before I do a post advocating for a child, God puts a child on my heart. Sometimes He shows me by a name or a picture and sometimes its just a feeling I get in my heart. This time he put a picture in my mind, no name, and I got this feeling in my heart knowing that this was the child I need to share tonight. As I search through Reece's Rainbow trying to find the name of this child whom I know the picture of but not the name, I think about and pray for a family to find her. Maybe they were also shown a picture and given a feeling and are also searching on RR for her.

Ah Ha! I found her. Her name is Noel. Noel was diagnosed with hydrocephalus (with shunt) and severe CP. She will be 10 this October. This not-so-little girl reminds me a lot of my cousin Taylor. My cousin Taylor (she is now almost 18) was born with cortical vision impairment, hydrocephalus, microcephaly, seizure disorder and CP. The picture of Noel reminds me of Taylor.

Here is a picture of Noel:




She doesn't look ten. I see many ten year olds five days a week at the preschool I work at. Poor sweet Noel looks like a little five year old.

As for now it appears she is not walking or talking. But who knows what could happen if she was put into a loving family. Noel is still in the baby house which is a good thing. It is unusual for an almost 10 year old to still be at a baby house, typically they are sent to an institution to spend the rest of their life in a bed. So please consider adopting sweet Noel especially since we don't know how much longer she will be at her orphanage. On RR it says that the family should have experience caring for a child with similar needs since her CP is so severe.

If you know anyone who you think would make a great home for Noel please send them this link. If you are Noel's family please start acting to adopt her ASAP.

Someone needs to break this sweet girl out of her baby house and love her for the rest of her life.

Please pray for Noel with me. Pray that a family would find her and rescue her before it is too late. Pray that the directer of her orphanage will keep her in that baby house until her family finds her. Pray for her life once she gets home. That it will be full of life and that with the right therapy that she may be able to walk and/or talk one day. We ask the Lord that she would be able to get the help she needs while she is still young enough. Lord God please help sweet Noel. We pray this in your Holy Son's name, Amen.

Thank you for sharing, praying and reading about Noel. Please continue to pray and share her file so she can have a family.
God Bless!
Dakota

Zoey x 3

If you are a friend or family member you have seen me post about Zoey on Facebook.  Zoey is a 7 year old orphan who was in the process of being adopted. A few days ago we heard the terrible news that Zoey had passed away in her orphanage before her family was able to rescue her. She did get to meet her mommy and daddy. They were able to hold her and love her. They were trying as hard as they could to get her home to the care she needed.

  

Zoey is now dancing with Jesus. Thankfully she is no longer suffering in her horrible orphanage. Please pray for her family as they mourn the loss of their daughter/sister that they barely got to know.

This Zoey is on the MFFM (My Family Found Me) page of Reece's Rainbow. She does have a family coming to rescue her but she still needs prayers. As we have seen with the previous Zoey, God will take His people home on their day. Even if they have a family frantically coming to rescue them.



I ask that you would join me to pray for this Zoey's family. That they would be able to get to her before God takes her home. She is 7 years old and looks about 7 months old.

In honor of both of the other Zoey's finding families (even if one is dancing with Jesus and the other one is still in her crib) would you help me find yet another Zoey a family? This Zoey is 6 years old. She has Congenital cytomegalovirus infection, Profound mental delays, Other paralytic syndromes (CP), epilepsy, Microcephaly, and Coloboma of optic disc. If her family doesn't find her soon she is destined to spend the rest of her life in a crib.



   

It appears that Zoey is being fed through a tube in her nose. She isn't as severely malnourished as the other two Zoey's but she still needs a home to bloom in. Plant her in a wonderful, loving family and she would bloom. She has spent six long years in a crib where no one celebrates her birthday or takes her to the park. I'm sure she would love parks and walks through flower gardens. Just imagine the wonderful things you could do with her. Is this the daughter you have been praying for?

If God is tugging on your heart for this little girl please act upon it. Donate, Share, Pray, or even apply to adopt this princess. She needs a family.

Please pray for all of Zoey's families. Pray that Zoey's family will recieve peace and comfort as they mourn the loss of their daughter. Pray also for the other Zoey's family that their adoption will be smooth and fast so that they can get her home and give her the TLC that she needs. Pray that God will open a family's eyes that they are meant to be Zoey's parents. Pray that they would find her soon and get her home before it is too late.

Much Love,
Dakota

Diederick

NO LONGER AVALIBLE FOR ADOPTION

Diederick stole my heart as soon as I saw his picture. I read his story and my heart melted. He looks to be about 3 and 1/2 but they don't know his age because he was abandoned as an infant near the intersection of a rural road.





Look at this sweet face. He has such an adorable cross-eye!

 He needs a mommy and daddy!!!

His RR profile says that he can walk well without assistance but he does fall a lot. They are unsure of his diagnosis but it appears that he has a mild-medium form of cerebral palsy. He has delayed motor skills and some impaired speech that could be due to some hearing loss.

I couldn't even imagine even the thought of abandoning my baby in the middle of no where. He needs to know what it feels like to be loved again.

Share this beautiful little boy. Help get his picture out for his family to see him. Imagine how well he would do in a family.

If you feel led please share little Diederick and donate to him.

Donations to the kids on RR helps fund their adoption when their family finds them. It helps cover travel costs, dossier, homestudy, etc. International adoption isn't cheap so any donation will help Diederick's family get to him soon.

Diederick, your family is out there!!!

Much love,
Dakota

Happy New Year!!!

Over the next 361 days I plan to advocate and share the pictures (if avalible) of 95+ kids.  If you have any children in mind that you think need to be shared in any way possible, please let me know so I can do my part in sharing that child. I am aware that new children will come up who will need to be shared and I will definitley share them. I want to do everything I can to be a part of finding a forever family for these precious babes.

The children that God has put on my heart are the following (each linked to their RR profile)  (:

Abner
Aislinn
Alder
Alisha
Alistair
Ambrose
Amilee
Andrea
Asher
Aven
Becky
Cadee
Callie
Cameron
Carissa
Carris
Chantelle
Cherie
Clark
Cyrill
Daisy
Daniel
Darina
Darren
Dell
Diederick
Donna
Duane
Elias
Enoch
Eric
Eric
Evan
Faith Anne
Flynn
Franklin
Gabrielle
Gibson
Gina
Giselle
Guido
Harrison
Henrietta
Henry
J.J.
Jais
Janelle
Jason
Jenny
Jeremiah
Kain
Kanani
Karina
Katrina
Kayson
Kellsey
Kiersten
Kristopher
Kyra
Lanora
Lauren
Leilani
Lexi
Lorena
Malachi
Marla
Mary Ellen
Matthew
Matvey
Mildred
Mindie
Missy
Monacella
Nate
Nehemiah
Noel
Penn
Phoenix
Piper
Posey
Quinn
Reed
Reign
Ruslan
Ruth
Ruthanne
Salome
Samson
Sealey
Seeley
Shadrach
Shaw
Sulley
Tania
Travis
Velia
Vera
Vijay
Virgil
Waniya
Willow
Ysabelle
Yule
Yvette
Zack
Zeke
Zeke
Zoey


I linked each child to their profile and throughout the year I will do a very special post for each child with their picture. I am sure this list will grow all year long. My goal is to share over 100 pictures of kids on RR in 2014. Please leave me comments on who should be added with a link to their profile. Thank you!!!

She made it!!!

Leilani made it over the goal!!! We raised $1000 for her!!!! Now the rest of them need over!!!! Thatcher is next up!!!! http://reecesrainbow.org/56159/thatcher then all the following kids!!! I believe we can get all of this years AT kids over that wall in 3 hours. But only with your help!!!!!

Angel Tree, Christmas, and The Pleven Project

There is only 5 days left of the first angel tree I ever did. I have raised $564 dollars. Didn't reach my goal but I am still very grateful that I was able to raise that much for miss Leilani. Precious Leilani is still waiting for her family. I'm going to continue to advocate for her and other Reece's Rainbow kids of course. I will still have fund raisers to raise money for these orphans who are so lonely. My dream is to find a home for at least one orphan off of Reece's rainbow. But now wasn't the right time and the only person who knows who that orphan will be and who that family is and when I will share the picture of that child and when the family will see it and everything else that goes through the adoption process is God. He just has to lead me.

Thank you God for helping me raise five hundred and sixty-four dollars for Leilani.


I meant to do a Merry Christmas post yesterday or Christmas Eve but I got really sick and didn't move off the couch for about 3 days.  I'm still recovering but I am feeling much better. I think I had a really bad cold or the flu. Not fun. I hope you had a very very merry Christmas. I had a wonderful day spent with family and friends. I got a new camera that I can't wait to go on adventures with and share the memories with you all. My brother got me awesome number stickers for my bike. My grandma knows me so well, she got me a giant stuffed elephant and 3 smaller elephants. I got a pink "I am Second" sweatshirt as well as a necklace from the Life Without Limbs foundation.

Just before Christmas I was catching up on The Blessing of Verity blog and I came across the blog post that announced the name of the project to help the children of the Pleven baby house. A few months earlier I had entered a couple of name ideas for this project, one being The Pleven Project. I received an email stating that my idea helped create the name for the project. I was super excited but I was on my way to school when I got that email so I didn't check the blog that day. Turns out that it got named The P.L.E.V.E.N. Project. So check out the website. Get a shirt or two and donate. Look around especially at the pictures.
This is what it stands for....

The

Promise

Love

Embrace

Value

Every child

No exceptions

Project

Merry Christmas

Much love,

Dakota

The Heart of Christmas

During this busy Christmas season whether you're out buying Christmas presents, attending cookie exchanges, attending Christmas parties and family gatherings you can't forget what the Heart of Christmas really is. A couple of songs that constantly remind me of this is The Christmas Shoes by NewSong and The Heart of Christmas by Matthew West.  (don't listen to Christmas Shoes without kleenex nearby)

Is this the year that you start a new traditon of donating to a family in need, or an orphan, or maybe the Humane Society. Just remember Christmas isn't just about receiving presents. It is about celebrating the Birth of our Savior. And giving and spending time with family. But most importantly celebrating the birth of Christ.

If you were in the shoes of the man who was behind the little boy who was buying the shoes for his sick mom, would you have stepped up to help pay?

Last night at youth group we put ourselves in the shoes of some people in the story of Christ's birth. We put ourselves in the shoes of the innkeeper, the shepherds, and Mary's.  What would you do if you were the innkeeper, a shepherd, or even Mary?

Think about it, let me know.
Much Love,
Dakota

P.S. We have raised $488 for Leilani. Almost halfway there!! But 3/4ths of the way done. If you feel led to donate let me know! I will tell you how!