Throw Away's

You have seen, or maybe even used at least one time, one of these little disposable camera's.

I detest them. My mother, and she will freely admit to this, refuses to use anything other than these little throw away camera's. Something about digital being too confusing - oye! I have come to loath even the sound of the turning wheel on those things to advance the film. FILM? what even is that anymore? She has likely processed over 300 of these cameras in the last 10 years.

You can see I can't stand throw away cameras - PLEEZE tell me that I am not alone in that dislike....

......Until a few weeks ago came, and I took 8 throw away cameras to the CVS near us to be processed.

Special little camera's they were. You see, I had left them at then orphanage when we left Ian there after the court trip in mid July. I asked all of his caregivers and the director, to take pictures of him and his friends and themselves so that Ian would have something to show for his life before us. I wrote out the request in English and had a wonderful friend of ours Yuliana, translate the message appropriately.

I had NO idea if they would actually comply with my request, or even if they could, given all we had always heard and been told about the restrictions on taking photographs of children in orphanages. In my heart, I prayed and wished and I hoped they would, but you have to know that they DO NOT LIKE having anyone take pictures for any reason at Ian's former orphanage. Especially of themselves and the other kids. It was a crap shoot basically.

When I went to Russia in July to get Ian, not too long after I walked into the groupa, a caregiver came to me with a squished paper bag, she handed it to me like it was a new born baby. What she gave to me was a bag FULL of all of the cameras I left, all appeared to be exposed. I was shocked.

I got them developed toot sweet when we got home!

Since there are MANY pictures, and since I don't want to put ANY other adoptions in jeporady by putting these pictures here on my blog, I have posted them a private space on Ian's original website at

www.hopeforian.org/orphanagenumber40-pictures

You will need a password to view them. Please send me an email if you would like to view these pictures and I will reply with the password. Sorry for the extra step but one never knows what might be lurking about trying to make trouble for people. My email is: bringhopehome@gmail.com

Ian is home. He is rescued and safe. Here is a glimpse of his life at the orphanage.

If you choose to view the other photographs, the children you will see are ORPHANED and most of them will be dead in a few years, that is if no one rescues them. They already have a less than a 10 percent chance of being adopted. Ian's chances were even less than that because he is also a racial minority.

Ian's region in Russia is chocked FULL of waiting souls. Here are just a few of the sweet sweet babies crying out to be seen, and loved, and cared about. Please adopt, or support adoption, it's the right thing to do....and you know it.

Sweet little children, looking out the window, wondering when someone is coming for them.

Right now The Peterson Family is also crying out for you to help them. They did answer the call, they are adopting, one of Ian's friends. They need to raise $3,000.00 NOW in order to submit their dossier and become officially registered. That action will trigger the official invitation for them to travel (and the need to raise $10,000 for that trip) to Ian's former orphanage and meet their new daughter to be. I have asked you faithful few readers and friends of Ian to post about Heidi before and I am begging you now again. Snipe her photo from my blog and write a post, share on your Facebook, send a email to friends and family, make a plan at work to forgo the "secret santa" gift exchange and a make donation to save Heidi NOW. We were in this same situation with Ian, and the stress around not having the cash and no way to get it but to press into GOD and his people, and TRUST that one of you, many of you....that all of us will help.

THIS IS HEIDI

She is Ian's friend, they slept in the same room, ate together, they KNEW one another

THIS IS HER FAMILY

The made shirts to raise money for IAN and helped us spread the word when we needed to raise funds fast

THIS IS WHERE TO DONATE NOW!

They need DIRECT donations right now and you can do that by clicking below

CLICK HERE TO HELP THE PETERSON FAMILY BRING HEIDI HOME

look to the right on their blog and click the CHIPIN button to donate

and this is what WE are doing on Saturday, to start really helping Heidi. Craig will be taking repeated whip cream pies to the face. Yep, a an who dislikes whip cream and to be embarrassed, is allowing God to work in his life...he has shed his tough guy-ness for Heidi this weekend and gotten rid of any excuses. He got creative and humble for a little girl who is the smallest child in her group, who NEEDS TO COME HOME. What are YOU going to do?