We were at a church picnic today at Fox Run Park. We met a woman who had adopted a girl in 1993. At age 7 the girl was born in the Soviet Union- the break up happened in December 1991. The mother felt for years that she would visit Russia one day and even during the Cold War had this impression. The opportunity came to adopt from Russia so she took a Russian girl. The girl was left in an orphange from birth. The biological mother drank alot so the orphan had Alcohol Fetal Syndrome. The mother told me the damage was such that a professional stated she had the genes to be intelligent, but was mentally worse off than a retarded person. She needed hormones to grow properly and the family covered other medical issues such as crooked teeth.
With a family and two biological children she related the difficulties of raising this orphan. If I recall in dialog with the adoption agency, they tated Russian and Romanian children were the most difficult. She had behavioral problems. Currently she lives on her own but rarely visits her mother. She said her daughter is an alcoholic.
I asked if the daughter ever made a professio of faith. She said one night after six months in the home, she had done something that upset her mother. Mom was so angry she said she could not pray with her at bedtime. She usually did, but she asked her daughter to prayer. It was close to Easter, so the daughter said she wanted to accept Jesus into her life on Easter. So Easter morning, mom explained salvation and the daughter prayed for salvation.
I admire the woman for adopting an orphan and still loving her daughter. Like many efforts in life we hear the success stories, but not the people who made a sacrifice and commitment to raise an orphan and have it not turn out as we expected. Still we are toĺd in the scriptures to look after orphans in their distress. Thhe outcome is in God's hands.
With a family and two biological children she related the difficulties of raising this orphan. If I recall in dialog with the adoption agency, they tated Russian and Romanian children were the most difficult. She had behavioral problems. Currently she lives on her own but rarely visits her mother. She said her daughter is an alcoholic.
I asked if the daughter ever made a professio of faith. She said one night after six months in the home, she had done something that upset her mother. Mom was so angry she said she could not pray with her at bedtime. She usually did, but she asked her daughter to prayer. It was close to Easter, so the daughter said she wanted to accept Jesus into her life on Easter. So Easter morning, mom explained salvation and the daughter prayed for salvation.
I admire the woman for adopting an orphan and still loving her daughter. Like many efforts in life we hear the success stories, but not the people who made a sacrifice and commitment to raise an orphan and have it not turn out as we expected. Still we are toĺd in the scriptures to look after orphans in their distress. Thhe outcome is in God's hands.
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