Russian Princess

Those of you who have followed our adoption journey may remember the trek we took in Moscow in order to buy an authentic Russian dress for Daughter of Purpose. Last time you got a look at it, as you may remember, she had the crown on like a visor and had a whole banana stuffed in her mouth. Well, we finally got a chance to put the real thing on. This was about the best one we got, but we'll have to work on better ones later.

For now, she spends her days recalling more and more of her time in Russia. It seems to go in spurts, but about a week ago she caught a glimpse of a picture of her best friend little girlfriend. Their beds were right next to each other and while we were in-country we spent a good amount of time with the two of them together. Daughter of Purpose seemed to take comfort in her friend and would calm down when she was around.

I don't think she's ever forgotten her friend, but now she has the words to communicate to us about her. She misses her friend and tells us regularly that she wants to go back to Russia to get her friend and bring her home to America. Our other kids have jumped on that bandwagon and think we should adopt her too. Well, there are many problems with that and I won't bore you with all of them, but the main one being that as far as we understand it, her little friend is unadoptable. According to Russian law, as long as a relative of a child visits once every 6 months, they are deemed unadoptable. Sadly, some poorer families put their children in the orphanages and then only visit enough to keep the child unadoptable. In Daughter of Purpose's friend's case, we saw at least one of her parents visit her each afternoon while we were there. We don't know her reason for being there. We just know she's unadoptable.

Just like we have seen prayer be the arms that cradled our daughter while we could not physically hold her, we take comfort in knowing that God will do the same for the friend of Daughter of Purpose. We thank Him for giving us the opportunity to pray for another orphan that we know by name. As Daughter of Purpose walks around holding the picture of her friend and joins with us in praying for her daily, we ask you to also join us in praying for her best friend too.

Editor's note: No, we are not looking to add her friend to our family. Unless we win the lottery, I get an extra jolt of energy, regain some of my brain power back, grow another arm and leg--it won't be happening. We are simply asking you to pray for a child in need. Who knows, maybe she'll someday become adoptable and come home to America to live in your family!

1 Samuel 1:27 "I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him."