NAOMI

Naomi is a beautiful 6 year old little girl who is ready for her family.
She was born in January 2008. Her special need is a vision impairment (ametropia).
She also has cerebral palsy which affects all four limbs. 

This was posted yesterday by an advocate for Naomi :
 I'm so sad. I asked for an update for Naomi, and just learned she passed away.
This is hard for me because her written special needs shouldn't be a reason for
her passing. Maybe it was due to some of that, but years of institutionalization,
not having a family fighting for you..if only she would have had a family,
 I believe she would be thriving. But I know she is being loved now.

Someone commented:
 "Winter is very, very hard on kids in the orphanages. Very hard. Respiratory infections 
pass quickly from one to another, nutrition and medical options are inadequate, and 
we all know how quickly a *cold* can go to something much more severe in kids. 
Sadly, this is a scenario played out hundreds of times across China every winter: 
the difference is most of those kids are nameless and faceless."

I saw Naomi's face so many times being advocated for and I thought
 " wow, she is beautiful, but we do not have room for a wheel chair
in our house." and guess what, our Rebekah will be in a wheel chair.


And just yesterday I was just pleading my case to my husband about
bring another little treasure home and I said"I liked the names Naomi or Noah."
And then I saw the post about Naomi... it really stung !





Crying and praying for God to set more of these children into families.