Monday, October 5, 2009

Near and Dear to Us - Eli Project


The Malone Family

We are excited to partner with our best friends, the Malone's as they debut Eli Project. I would invite you to their link to get ALL of the details. There are so many upcoming opportunities to help bring more children home to their Forever Families.
There is no doubt because of their son Eli (age 5) that we are were we are today. He has been our inspiration for wanting to have a child with Down Syndrome of our own. I was there when Mary delivered Eli. He was just beautiful. I will never forget the first time I saw him. His birth has been a life changing experience for our whole family. As we have grown to know and love Eli our hearts were growing even more fond of children with special needs. When we learned of Reece's Rainbow and there was an opportunity for us to adopt an unwanted child with Ds, we committed. Now I'm happy to say after just 6 short months we not only have one handsome boy but also a beautiful daughter who also has Down Syndrome. (That's how we Grew by 2) We are so grateful we answered the call from God to obey, to care for the orphans. Our children are no longer orphans, Praise God! They belong to a Forever Family, our family. We know our "job" is not done. It is our passion to spend purposeful time in helping other orphans find a family of their own. One orphan at a time.
I know Gods not finished with us yet. We are grateful for this wonderful opportunity to partner with Chris and Mary as we see others blessed through the gift of adoption.

2 comments:

Tara and Family said...

I will be following their blog and see what wonderful things God has in store for them.
Love to each of you, Aunt Tara and Family

P.S. Enjoying your daily posts, keep up the good work along with lots of pictures!

Jennifer C. Roberts said...

What a wonderful ministry and please know that if there is ever anything that I can do to help, I am just a phone call or an e-mail away!!! ~ Aunt Jennifer