An answer to prayers

I know, I know, its shocking that I am sitting down to a blog post today...especially since I am moving in 2 days but for one I really want to find time for blogging again, and maybe this will jump start it ha ha....(if I even have followers on here anymore, its been so long lol)

 but the real reason for todays post is a continuation of Mia's miracle!

For those that followed Mia's journey, you may remember me talking about little "N" in this post

HERE

The little girl who we could only refer to as "N" for her privacy protection at the time, had an immediate impact on mine and Kris' hearts from the moment we met her! If we could have taken her home too, we would have.

This is what I wrote about this sweet little girl 2 years ago

"The cutest is to hear little "N", from her groupa say her name. "N" is also 4 but looks like she is about 10 months old so when she talks it is surprising from her little body. She calls her "Ksusha" and she always says "Ksusha papa" or "Ksusha Mama" when we come in. This little angel "N" is melting my heart more and more. (She is the one I talked about the other day a little, and if you watch the video of Mia running to greet me, she is in the left of the picture for a minute sitting at the end of her crib) It doesn't matter what her condition in life is, she is ALWAYS smiling. She can't walk and her legs are deformed but yet she still smiles. The caregivers always carry her to come and see us and yesterday I asked if I could hold her but they said no because of her frail condition (or so I gathered from their gestures towards her legs) but they always let me hold her hand and rub her back. You can literally feel a tangible celestial spirit about this one! She is here to grace this world with her presence and no matter what happens or what condition she finds herself in, she smiles and she just radiates her pure innocence. I believe she is closer to our Father in Heaven than we could imagine. I wish there was something I could do for her! I wish I could give her a family too. For now, I am thankful that I was allowed to know her for the brief few minutes we get to see her each day. She is truely an angel on earth!"

When we left Mia's orphanage for the last time, I still remember this little angels sweet smile and she waved goodbye to her childhood friend "Ksusha" and "Ksusha's mama and papa". Mia would watch over this little friend and hand her toys off the floor when she would drop them from her crib, and as we left for the last time, my heart sank because little "N" was not even listed on Reeces Rainbow and the thought of her being close to institution age, and not having a chance at a family, just broke my heart! All I could do, was pray.

Pray for her that she would be watched over

Pray for her that somehow she would be added to the RR database 

Pray for her that she would have a family see her potential and the light and she had to offer

So I prayed

As we boarded the train back to Kiev a few days later, we were given a folder from our facilitator with some photos and info on some children who they were hoping to get listed on RR. 

And what picture is in that file?

This one

 a baby picture of little "N" 

My heart skipped a beat and I started to cry...

Well a few months after being home with Mia I checked with RR to see what ever became of this file and no one had seen it yet from the Ukraine team so I kept praying and went on with life, always remembering this sweet little angel and wondering how she was. 

Time went on and I became so busy I never saw if she was placed on RR or not, but I still kept her in my prayers, and then on Sept 13, 2012 I get a message on facebook saying this 

"I left my email address on your blog. I was told you adopted Mia from the same orphanage where Alexandra is on Reece's Rainbow. I was just wondering what it was like there. I read a good bit on your blog. Congrats on the sweet little girl!"

The tears just wouldn't stop as I realized my prayers for Nastyia finally finding her family, were possibly coming true. 

My sweet new friend Tammie Frye and I then conversed almost daily 

From Tammie "

"My story... we adopted a ten year old boy, domestically and he is now 15. Last year we adopted a 16 year old girl from Latvia. She will be 17 in October. I've been looking at RR off and on.... not much really... over the last year. I felt sad for them, but there was no real connection until I saw "Alexandra"... I'll have to get used to calling her Nastyia in my head (but I won't use that if I'm posting publicly). I just couldn't get her out of my head (and heart!) She had around $5,000 in her grant and last week (or so) another child was adopted domestically and her grant money was donated to N. It was over $12,000!!! Last weekend, someone added another $500, so you see how much money she has now!!
The really wild thing is that when she stole my heart, I told God... I cant' adopt her. We just adopted and we're broke!  If you want me to adopt her, I'm going to need a WHOLE lot more money! 9 days after writing this in my prayer journal, Boom! $17,000+!!"

I have had the privilege of following Tammi's journey the last few weeks, but could not share anything publicly about little Nastyia yet.

I have been able to see Tammi walk the same streets we walked, enter the same orphanage rooms we entered, meet the same people we met, and even see Mia's old sleeping room in some of the pictures and it has been amazing!.

We even sent a photo album of Mia over the last 2 years with Tammi to show the orphanage what Mia'a new life is like. 



Today, Tammi stood in the same courtroom we stood in, 

and pleaded her case in front of a judge....

Today little Nastia Kate is an orphan no more!!!!

Today this little angel now has a family to call her own!!! 

Another angel in the story is this sweet lady Tatyana. Remember how part of my prayers were for this little girl to be watched over till her family could find her? 

Well that is what this lady did. 

Tatyana met Nastia in the hospital when she was getting treatments. Nastia has brittle bone disease, and from that day on this sweet lady has visited and been a friend to little Nastia.

More tender mercies every step of the way.

Watching little Nastia the last few weeks has been miraculous! 

I didn't think her smile could get bigger or brighter but it has!

She already had an amazing glow about her little spirit, but now that she is loved my a family, her light is unstoppable!

Today I am thankful again for the threads that weave us all together and for God's hand in our lives! 

He really is in the details of our lives and He hears and answers our prayers!

Congratulations Frye family on the new addition of this little angel! 

Thank you for being the answer to my prayers and rescuing Nastia!

 Maybe one day Mia and Nastia will get to meet again....


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