[Faith-talk] asking for prayer

Fri Nov 14 23:47:13 UTC 2008

Music is a good way to get through to autistic children.  Horseback
therapy is also a good way to get through to them as well.
Beth

On 11/14/08, tribble <lauraeaves at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wow Barbara -- that is a challenge you have taken on, and I am sure the Lord
> will bless your efforts even if it seems impossible at times. Autism is a
> difficult problem to handle.  I'll remember you in my prayers and hope that
> little bit can help.
> --le
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
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> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] asking for prayer
>
>
> On the contrary, they don't want their blind themselves.  I know, some
> parents do keep them, but many don't.
> In fact, I'll tell you the whole story.
>
> We waited for a year to adopt domestically but because of my being blind and
> my husband being much older than me, we were never chosen by a birth
> mother--or our portfolio was never shown.  That's neither here nor there now
> because it's the past.  Only the workers know for sure and maybe they'll
> have to answer one day.
>
> So September of 04 I called to check on our status and they asked if we'd
> thought about going international.  (Of course, blind parents would make
> excellent parents for a blind child.)  We said yes we could do that.  They
> told us about a little boy in Hong Kong who was four years old.  We saw
> video and decided that autism just might be more than we could handle so
> said no to him.  While we were waiting to hear about another four-year-old
> boy in the Phillipines, a family wanted one of the ladies to go with them to
> China to help them through the process.
>
> While she was there, in November, she asked the Chinese lady if there were
> any blind children.  You see, there is a list of children of promise that
> some Asian countries list their special needs children on.  China does not
> put blind children on this list because they figure no one will want them.
>
> The lady checked and very shortly reported to the American that they did
> have two two-year-olds.  And, yes, they were twins.  I had always wanted
> twins.
>
> We got all our paperwork done by the first of January and miraculously the
> twins were okayed for just us.  If they'd gone on the regular list they'd
> have been there for anyone.
>
> Our dossier got to China, after taking only three weeks to translate it, and
> arrived just before the New Year which is a fifteen day holiday.  At the end
> of April we finally heard that we'd been approved.
>
> On our seventh anniversary we walked in to the adoption center in Kunming to
> receive our children.
>
> And as you saw in an earlier post, ironically, the thing I didn't want I
> ended up with double.
>
> I know God does not give us more than we can handle but for the past three
> years this family has barely been able to keep our noses out of the water.
> I just keep praying that one day we'll look back on these days and not
> believe how awful they were.  And maybe they just seem that way because for
> the first few months all both did was scream.  Then this past January Jesse
> screamed nonstop for six months because it took that long to find the
> hernias.  Praise be for their teacher who discovered one.  Then two months
> later Paul started screaming and hurting anyone who came near him.
>
> This time I think God gave us a bite that was too big to swallow.  But He
> knows what He's doing and no matter how little or much I teach them, as long
> as we try our best to love them the best way we know how, God will work His
> plan with them.  I just wish He would enlighten me.
>
> Barbara
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 9:12 AM
> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
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> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] asking for prayer
>
>> Well, I'll pray for them.  That's nice you've adopted twtin boys from
>> China who are blind.  You would think the Chinese wouldn't allow that
>> to happenh because they don't want their blind outside of China or
>> they don't want their blind to see the world.  Anyway, I'd like to
>> adopt special needs children myself if I get married.  Good luck.
>> Beth
>>
>> On 11/14/08, Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:
>>> Since I am new to this list, most of you may not know that my husband and
>>> I
>>> adopted twin boys from China three years ago.  They are blind and on the
>>> autism spectrum of disorders.
>>> Well, constipation has been an ongoing occurrence with both of them.
>>> Jesse
>>> did have double hernias that were taken care of in late summer.  But now
>>> Paul spent last weekend in the hospital to clear him out but he is not
>>> back
>>> to normal.
>>> The request is that we and the doctors would have wisdom as to how to
>>> help
>>> this child get back to his bright sunny self.  He has missed quite a bit
>>> of
>>> school in the last few weeks.
>>> And yes, should anyone suggest, they are already on Miralax which is a
>>> natural stool softener.
>>> Barbara
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