TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Our Kids, Ways to Partner God's Littlest Angels, Haiti 0 Comment
Thank you for engaging in an ongoing discussion with our Heavenly Father about the needs that our children at God’s Littlest Angels face. It means more than any of us will ever know, I expect, until we are sitting at the feet of our Heavenly Father and talking with Him there. Here’s our prayer needs [...]
TomVanderwell Adoption Resources Adoption, funding, Grant, Haiti 0 Comment
“We can’t afford to adopt!” That is probably the #1 reason that I hear when talking to people about adoption and why they don’t want to/can’t start the process right now. Well, that’s probably tied with “my husband isn’t ready to expand our family.” I’m planning on doing something about that. Starting today. No, don’t [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts Haiti, Mother Teresa 0 Comment
I can’t take credit for that saying, that comes from Mother Teresa. But the more I think about it, the more awesome I think it is. Doesn’t that really explain what God wants from us? Let us be the instrument that He uses for what He wants. Don’t get in the way of what God [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Orphan Care, Our Kids Haiti, older child adoption, Orphan 0 Comment
Part #3 of the Series by Rori – read Part #1 Here and Part #2 Here My husband is a “nicknamer”! He gives nicknames to all our kids, our kid’s friends, and to so many people in our lives. He had a bit of difficulty saying many of the kids Haitian names, so the nicknames [...]
TomVanderwell Our Kids, Ways to Partner Frantina, God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 2 Comments
Tom here – no I don’t have any additional information on Frantina’s medical condition but I wanted to let you know of a couple of “updates” to the overall situation: It’s a national holiday in the Dominican Republic so the hospitals are closed today (well, the doctor’s offices). If the diagnosis is what it’s looking [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Notes from the NICU God's Littlest Angels, Haiti 0 Comment
Cry Haiti Sunday, 29 January 2012Wideline’s father has dark, glowing skin and smiling eyes. Even in his deep grief, those eyes smiled on me, inviting me to talk with him, share with him. He was softly spoken and would not try to compete with the din of the generator close by. To hear him, I [...]
TomVanderwell Our Kids, Ways to Partner God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Orphans 2 Comments
About two weeks ago, I put a call out for a volunteer who would be willing to take some medical supplies down to GLA soon. I’m happy to tell you that those medical supplies are leaving for GLA on Monday morning. Thank you for that! I got an e-mail tonight that another medical facility has [...]
TomVanderwell Deep Thoughts, Orphan Care, Our Kids, Ways to Partner Frantina, Haiti, Orphans, Prayer 0 Comment
As the weeks keep flying by, it’s time to once again pause and look at the way that we can all support God’s Littlest Angels and our children. I believe that Paul says it well in Ephesian 6:18 – “In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray [...]