This past week has been pretty intense. As most of you know our family was deeply affected by the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010. My cousin and his wife have adopted 6 children from there that they have been fighting to bring home to the US for a few years now. One of their babies that they were trying to adopt got very sick and passed away due to the lack of good medical care. Since then they have tried so hard to get their other kids home where they could be in a safe and loving environment. The oldest girl (Madalyn) that they were trying to adopt was denied the ability of adoption due to her age. She was considered "too old to adopt" and was kicked out of the orphanage when she turned 16. The Bishop of the LDS church took her in to live with him and his family.
Devastation hit home for my cousin when the earthquake hit. After a few days of not knowing if their kids were ok, they finally got word that they were safe. But unfortunately the Bishop who took in their daughter lost his mother, brother in-law, and little sister who was the same age as Madalyn. The 2 girls were in school together.
But from this horrible tragedy something amazing happened. Trevor and Lindsay were still months and possibly even a year or more away from actually being able to bring their kids home. And because of this, they are on their way to pick them up and bring them home where they belong.
That is good to hear they are okay and she gets to bring them home. How come it took so long for her to get to bring them home?
ReplyDeleteTheir government is so corrupt and screwed up. There shouldn't be any reason why they couldn't have had them home years ago. It's sad that it took something like this for them to get their kids. We are just so grateful that they were all safe.
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