Tears and Joy

This week has had it moments. One moment I am full of faith and ready to take on the devil himself and the next I am melting in tears and overwhelmed at the task before us. Many of you know that The House of Representatives in Liberia has passed the Child Act and it is on its way to senate for final approval. Much prayer is needed as Unicef has had a great deal of influence over this bill. Unicef and Save the Children have a lot of influence in Liberia where the children are concerned. This is good and bad. It is good because they are providing lots of medical care, clean water, sanitation facilities, training, etc. It is bad because they would rather have children stay in an underfunded orphanage living in poverty, rather than have children be adopted by foreigners into loving, permanent homes. Both of these groups are trying their best to discourage international adoption. They believe children should not be taken from their country of birth.
This opens up a can of worms so to speak. On the one hand it is good to try and keep those children in their country of origin if at all possible with their own family members. But, there are children over there that need medical treatment they cannot get access to, and very often, children are given up for adoption because their familes cannot afford to feed themselves or their other children. In a war-torn country with an 80-90% unemployment rate, it is ridiculous to assume that the children will be well cared for in their own country. There are families waiting here to give these precious children a permanent home and a future. "If" this bill succeeds in shutting down adoptions in Liberia this will have a grave impact on these children.
Please join us in praying. Let me know you have been here by sending me a comment or an email. Today I need to know that my brothers and sisters are praying along with me.
"...Once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act" (proverbs 24:12)