Haitian Orphan Airlift

As far back as I can remember I always thought about helping children far less fortunate then I was. It was in my early days as a mom that I found out how difficult the adoption process is. I thought how I would have like to have been of age in the time of the Vietnam airlifts. In my time I have seen China crack down with almost ridiculous regulations for adoption that out of their pride they would rather have children grow up in orphanages then let them be adopted.

Today amongst all the tragedy I saw on the devastating earthquake in Haiti, I read about Catholic Charities in Florida trying to schedule an airlift of Haitian orphans to South Florida. I immediately found a spark inside me that quickly burned into a great fire. Not only did I want to help these orphans and hope to adopt one or two but I longed to get my hands dirty getting this airlift off the ground. I emailed the Catholic Charity and have reached out to other groups to try to garner whatever leverage I can to help in this situation.

I pray that out of this devastating earthquake maybe a little bit of good will come out and the normally drawn out adoption process will be able to be expedited and the orphans will be able to travel to the US with humanitarian visas. Oh how I am praying this will be the case and that I truly believe as I have volunteered my time as a child advocate in many ways that maybe this is the greatest chance for me to make a difference in the lives of so many scared, lonely, hungry children. Please contact me with any help or assistance in getting on board to get this lift off the ground.

Thank you so much and God Bless us all!