Our boy is from Latvia and is 11 years old. He also happens to be adoptable. We do not have intentions to adopt him, instead we are going to advocate for him to be adopted. It might be a bit challenging as we are not to speak about "Adoption" with the hosted child. But we can talk to others who might be interested in adopting him. So we will need to be discreet.
Here is a wonderful explanation directly from the Project 143 website as to why families should host:
Without hosting, most of these children will eventually ‘age out’ of the system and never experience the life giving, life changing love that family provides. Hosting can also serve as a connection between an orphan and his or her ‘forever family’. However, you absolutely do not have to be interested in adoption to participate in hosting a child. The focus of the host program is cultural exchange and exposing the children to life outside an orphanage. Adoption is sometimes the by-product of the program, but not the only goal.
We are told from his previous host family that he is a very sweet and loving boy, who loves God, and loves other children.
It is going to be exciting to see how God moves in this boy's life through our family. We anticipate amazing blessings from his 4 week visit with us.
He arrives this Saturday evening. This last couple weeks we have been buying Christmas gifts and clothes for him. We are told they often come with only the clothes they are wearing. It has been a blessing already to think about this child and what his needs are, praying for God to take care of him emotionally, physically and mostly spiritually.
I hope to share some insights about this child, whom I will call "A", in the coming days. Please pray that he adjusts to our family easily, that he is comfortable here and feels loved by God, through us. If you would also please pray that the right family would meet him and know he is to be there son.
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