Worthy Cause

I know I don't have a ton of followers, but I do have some, and I would like to give you the opportunity to join us in giving to a worthy cause if it moves your heart like it moves mine.

As you know, we are waiting to be connected with a child to adopt, but what I am not sure if I have mentioned before is that there are occasional lists that come out with children that are currently waiting for families in Ghana. Every time we have been sent one of these we sit down, and we talk and pray and think if any of these kids is supposed to be ours. So far, every time, we have not felt like it was our child. Most of the time it is age, that we don't think we can start our first child older than 4.

Sometimes though, it is physical limitations, and we don't think we are capable of raising a child with that many physical problems. Those are the hardest ones for me, every time we have had to say no to one of those, and hope and pray that someone else out there feels the call, and takes on the challenge to give a precious little one a home.

A while back, there was a little girl, a baby, less than one year old. She needed a home and a family. However, she has microcephaly, cerebral palsy, and at the time we thought she was blind and deaf (we now know she can hear and see some). Considering our stairs, our dog, and many other factors, we did say no, but she was the one on the list that we considered the most seriously so far.

Sadly, many many other families also said no... but there was one family that felt that they could handle her challenges, and that she should be part of their family. However, adoption is expensive, and they need to raise money to get her home (because they just finished another adoption).

Here are some quotes from our coordinator's blog about this girl as she waits for her family to be able to afford to get her home:

This family needs $10,000 to pay for Efua's adoption fees. This is a child who cannot afford to wait. Every month she stays in Ghana is a month she loses in early intervention therapies. Let's be real. It's a month she could potentially die from lack of medical care.

Now, can WE (you, and I, and anybody you send this to) spare a few bucks to help them reach $10,000 to save this child's life?


Save a life.


Yes. Literally. This child's life hangs in the balance. Efua will die in Ghana. Without the Green family I don't know that she would ever find another adoptive family. She will NOT live long in Ghana. She needs to get out of there ASAP. And money is standing in the way.

If you are willing to assist the Greens with even $10, you can CLICK HERE to make a tax deductible donation to Efua's FIG account through Project Hopeful. Over 1000 people saw this child's face and said "not me." Let us not say it again. Now she has a family. Now our part in this is much easier. I don't know about you, but I'm heading over to the link above to say, "Count me in."

Her most recent update was:

We are at the end of the month--the goal that the Green family had set for getting the first chunk in so that Efua could go to court in Ghana. Between the donations that you have given, and what the Green family has been able to save/fundraise themselves, they sent in the first $3750 last week! $2100 of that came directly from YOU!!! That is 210 people who said, "Count me in for $10 for Efua Green!"

I know that all of us have people and e-mails and stuff all the time asking us to give, and there are tons of great causes out there. I hope that I don't have too many times that I talk about adoption related causes that I become annoying, but this one touches my heart especially because it could have been our child. Especially if this precious girl had less disabilities, she very much could have been our child.

Please consider donating. I can vouch for the family and the adoption as being totally legitimate, this is no strange scam. Also, please consider passing on this blog, this information, to anyone and everyone that you think might consider helping this girl, just a little. If many people donate just a little, this girl can go home.