Freddie will turn 15 this summer and will soon meet his new family! The Shupp family has been working hard to bring Freddie home as soon as possible. Lyndi Shupp is the amazingly wonderful woman who has been our lifeline from Reece's Rainbow guiding us through our adoption. Last summer the Shupp family brought home Patrick from Oksana's orphange! Freddie has epilepsy and although normally a child with this "disability" would be sent to an instituion, he is currently still living in an orphange. Read this story from a missionary who was involved in a child hosting program through his orphanage.
"I'm hosting other kids from his orphanage and visit with him all the time. Unfortunately, this is not the first hosting we're doing from this orphanage and we were not able to find a family to host him because of his epilepsy. I went to his orphanage the other day again to take new photos and chat with the director - and Freddie took me out by the hand and asked "why do other kids go to U.S. and get adopted and me not - is it because I have epilepsy?" And tears came to his eyes.... and I thought I will kill or die but to find a family for him. I changed the subject and we talked about other things and he struck me again by being so smart and logical. He is just a great boy and I really hope you can help find a family for him. I have not given his info to anybody except my hosting partner agency, and they pretty much told me that they won't be able to host him and I need to find somebody to adopt him. Other children love him and take special care of him. "The director went on about that -- I almost cried when she said: "It's amazing how all kids in our orphanage help him. He had a seizure once and another boy put his own hand into Freddie's mouth to make sure he does not bite off his tongue!"
We are so thrilled that the Shupps have stepped forward to bring Freddie home! The one huge obstacle that they face right now is funds. They are extremely close to traveling and still have quite a bit of money to raise. Please go check out their puzzle fundraiser and help bring this boy home!
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