He said he really felt it needed to be a little girl. I didn't share with him yet that I had been looking or that my dad had been showing me a little boy in overalls, so I thought. Then one day I was looking on Reece's Rainbow to look at the new listings and look at little girls. I followed a link that took me to a different page, and there she was!! The little girl my dad had been showing me!!! Her name was Clover, she was wearing red overalls, and she was beautiful! I started to cry happy tears. I started reading her story, found lying on the floor of a building just a few days old. She was sent to the hospital and later to the orphanage, where she had been the past 4 years. She had a heart condition and Down Syndrome. With my background in special education I was excited to start this new adventure. But, I was not sure Russ would be as receptive to the idea, he has had no interaction with a special needs child. I decided to just throw it out there and tell him about her and see what he thought. I showed him her picture, had him read her story. He did, but didn't say much. So I left it alone. If we weren't on the same page then it wasn't meant to be. A few days had passed, I was looking at new listings again when my daughter came into the room and asked me what I was doing. I told her about all the kids living in orphanages and showed her some of the kids. She was very interested and made comments about wanting a little sister. So I clicked to the other page where Clover was, when my daughter saw her she said that's my sister!!! I couldn't have agreed more. But, it had to be a mutual thing. I continued to keep quiet and wait, wondering if this was God's plan. Then, 2-3 weeks later, my husband calls me from work and says, I want Clover to be our daughter!! What do we need to do to get started? I told him I would make a phone call and get the ball rolling. I made a call to our agency, they were able to get her file and send it to us to review. We then submitted out LOI to China. China said yes!!! So now we are working on our homestudy and dossier. With agency fees and homestudy fees things are tighter than ever, but we know this is our calling and are following God's plan. Some days I question his plan, wondering how we will ever come up with the funds needed. I do know, we will do whatever it takes to get our little girl home. We will be doing fundraisers, asking for donations and applying for grants. Ever person that contributes will be apart of Clover's story. If you feel it in your heart to make a donation to help bring our little girl home, we deeply appreciate it. You will be helping to get her home where she will know she was wanted and loved unconditionally by a mom, a dad, six siblings and God.
Help Bring Jazlyn Home: https://de.gofund.me/forJazlyn&rcid=b7c4183f185843a18de0cb45683fb8ad
