MUST Watch!!!!

Where are the Mommies?

As I am pouring over photo after photo of orphaned children who need homes, my heart is broken, it feels like it is torn, ripped open, and raw. I want to bring them all home. I know I can't. I've seen site after site, and heard person after person, talking about HELPING orphans. That is great. It is a huge need. But I am wondering....WHERE ARE THE MOMMIES AND DADDIES? Where are the men and women who are ready to give up comfort to step onto the battlefield, and tell Satan, "WE WILL FIGHT FOR THESE KIDS?"

You see, this orphan crisis is not JUST about kids needing mommies and daddies. This is a spiritual battle for the very souls of children. Satan wants nothing more than for us to just send a few dollars, pat ourselves on the back, and go to our warm beds tonight feeling that we have done a good job. Don't get me wrong, this is something that needs to be done...the giving. But that is not IT!!!

I listened to a broadcast on Focus on the Family one day this week. Kay Warren (Rick Warren's wife) was talking about her own first steps into Orphan Ministry. She asked herself, "What is the church going to do? What am I going to do?" These questions have remained with me.

I am aching to hold them, to touch them, to physically be with them and know who they are. I am aching to be a mommy again to my little girl. Oh, that God would provide for us quickly. I know His timing is perfect, so we wait.

Who will fight with us? Who will step up and fight for these little ones? Who will say, "YOU ARE MINE?" Who will claim these lives from the grips of the enemy? More simply, who will wake in the night to comfort one who has no momma right now to do that? Who will give up your name so that a fatherless child may be part of a family?

We will fight, even if no one fights with us. But we sure want some company in this battle. This is God's heart. Oh, Father, make it mine as well.

Hadlee girl, momma's coming as soon as I can. I love you, Baby. I can't wait to hold you.

Until they ALL have a home,
Tori (Mommy)

How Far to Hadlee?

I just looked up the distance from our hometown to Beijing, China and the straight line distance is 7,140 miles or 11,491 kilometers. Of course, we do not know that Hadlee is going to be born in Beijing, but we do know she'll be born in China, so this gives me an idea.

I am SO ready to meet my new baby girl. I am just so ready.

I love you sweet girl.