Our Orphange

I cannot stop thinking about these pictures taken from the LHBH. LHBH is the orphanage where we will receive our referral. Our friend, Terrell Gilbert, who is married to Jane Gilbert, found these pictures online. Apparently, a group of people took a missions trip to Uganda through African Renewal Ministeries and they found themselves loving on the children of the BCV. BCV houses older children and LHBH is where the babies live. It is crazy to think that our baby could be at this home right now, maybe one of these pictures is our child!

The guest house is where we will be staying while in Uganda.

 

The view from the guest house where we will be staying.

 

Some children who live at BCV.

 

This is one of the babies at the LHBH.

Oh, what a precious little one!

I cried the first time I saw this picture!

 

These BCV children have stickers on their faces.

This is where guests get fresh water to drink.

This is the nurses station at BCV.

This is a classroom at BCV.

 

This lady is probably a widow trying to raise money for her family to eat. You can buy these beads to help support widows and orphans in Uganda. I bought several of these necklaces for family members for Christmas. You can go to 147 million orphans or UAPO to buy them for around 20.00 to 30.00 dollars.

This is the BCV dock.

Looks like they are about to play some football (soccer).

Another LHBH! She looks so sweet and healthy!

Terrell Gilbert also came across one of the only articles I have seen about our orphanage. It is titled,
Uganda: A Place Abandoned Babies Call Home. Most orphaned babies in Uganda are abandoned. Often these babies develop attachment problems, because their physical and emotional needs are not met and they go through such great trauma being abandoned. Once they are in the orphanage they do not get the adequate amount of attention needed to form bonds with their care takers. After being adopted, many of these children have to go through a period of time learning to attach to their new parents. The majority of these children recover within a year, but some suffer from attachment disorders and have to have extensive therapy. Can you tell I have been reading a lot about the problems that you might face with your child that was institutionalized? All the articles I have read say that all institutionalized children will have some sort of attachment issues, but most of them will overcome them sooner than later, especially the younger ones.

But, you know what? God is bigger than attachment disorders! He is a big God who is in control of everything! He is bigger than all the problems our child might potentially have. He has a specific child picked out for us, with a precious personality, that will be perfect for our family. God has a plan to use this child to break us of ourselves and make us rely on him for our strength and comfort. God is sovereign over all the problems and sin in this world. He is making things new through Christ. Wow! What comfort this brings me! God, break me of myself and my fears of the unknown.