Urgent Prayer Requests for God’s Littlest Angels and Adoptions in Haiti

I wasn’t planning on sending this to you on Saturday night.   I was planning on doing this on Monday.   I was also planning on asking you to pray for our kids, kids like Bobo (who had a bad day on Saturday), Frantina, Sebastian and others.
 
But a few things have changed.   To read some more details of what has changed, go to adoption update and Rumors and read what Dixie wrote on the blog today.
 
That’s why I’m sending this out tonight.   Will you stop what you’re doing tonight or tomorrow, or whenever you actually open this and spend some time praying for the Haitian government and the status of adoptions in Haiti?
 
Specifically, please join us in fervent and consistent prayer:

• Pray that the Haitian government will not make any decisions regarding adoptions and the children in Haiti without consulting with the Association of Creché Directors.
• Pray that the orphanage directors will be able to consistently and fervently communicate the need of the children in Haiti for an adoption system that works well and reduces the time that children spend in an institutional setting.
• Pray that the Haitian government will not ratify the Hague Convention without taking the time to make sure that they have sufficient staff and resources to handle the increased requirements.
• Pray that UNICEF and IBESR will realize that adoption is an integral part of the overall plan to care for the children in Haiti who don’t have parents who can care for them.
• Pray that the children at GLA and the other orphans in Haiti won’t be damaged by pending changes in legislation in Haiti.
• Pray that people will rise up and speak on behalf of the orphans in Haiti and be a voice for those who can’t speak for themselves.

Does this sound discouraging?  Using a meteorology analogy (is that too many “ologies”), the storm cloud on the horizon has gotten significantly closer.  And the thunder is making a lot of noise right now.
 
But we know who is in control.   And we know what the end result will be.
 
Before I conclude this, I want to share two Bible verses that I think speak quite well to the gravity of the situation as we see it right now:
 
Jeremiah 29:11 (The Message) I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
 
Isaiah 1:17 (NIV) Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.

Thank you for praying.  Thank you for continuing to pray without ceasing for the orphans in Haiti.  While I could tell you the names of many of our kids, I don’t know them all – but God does.  He loves them all and we need to continue to talk with our heavenly Father about their needs.
 
I’m sure we’ll be in touch in the coming weeks as things move and as God unveils His plan for us and His plan for the kids in Haiti.
 
Tom
tom@glahaiti.org

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