I get asked about him often, many of you assume he's already "home", but he's not. Truth is he's still in Latvia waiting!! Adoption is HARD! And requires endless amounts of paperwork, never ending paperwork. Adoptive families refer to it as "the great paper chase". Just when you think you have turned in every last piece of paper, they ask for yet another.
Due to paperwork delays beyond their control, Dz's family won't be able to travel to get him prior to the summer hosting period like they had hoped. That means that unless they "re-host" him, he'll be stuck in Latvia at a summer camp rather than here being loved on by his family!! As Americans when we hear summer camp, we assume it's fun and kids actually LIKE going there. However that is not the case, it's survival of the fittest at these camps, kids are fighting, drinking, smoking etc. and it is NOT a place for a kid like Dzintars! A child who has only ever wanted a family!!
His family wants to re-host him but that comes with an additional cost that they weren't expecting and can't cover without help! They need to be prepared to travel to bring him home just as soon as the government will allow them and using their funds to cover his hosting fees may render them unable to do so! That's where you come in, will you consider donating towards his hosting fees?
I can't bare the thought of him spending the summer alone. He's already waited long enough, he asks daily when he'll be able to come home. Can you help get him here for the summer? I've seen recent photos of him and his smile is fading, he's losing hope :( Which is often the case for these kids, the longer an adoption takes the more they begin to doubt their families are EVER going to come for them. They've been let down by adults all their lives, why would THESE adults be any different. The carefree kiddo I know and love, the one you all fell in love with, is fading fast! A summer with his family will help restore all that, he'll be loved, he'll be safe, he'll be HOME!
If you'd consider making a tax deductible donation to help bring him here this summer I'd be ever so grateful!! It's going to cost roughly $3200 to get him here, and that would put a huge dent in their adoption fund!! Every little bit will add up! No contribution is too small!!
If you feel led to contribute to Dzintars account you can do so here. There are step by step directions that will walk you through how to designate where your funds go!! This is a MUST!!! If you don't state where you want your donation to go, it will go into our "general" fund and won't help get Dz here!! Please use the designated area and write "Donation for L97 Dzintars' hosting fees". If for some reason you forget to designate please let me know right away, you don't need to tell me the amount, only your first and last name and I can work with our accountant to get your contribution into his account, but please try and remember to designate as it will save A LOT of work!!
If you prefer to mail a check you can make it out to "New Horizons for Children" and mail it to: 3950 Cobb Pkwy, Suite 708, Acworth, GA 30101. On the memo line please write "Donation for L97 Dzintars' hosting fees"!
There was such an outpouring of love for him last summer, I KNOW we can do this! We CAN and WILL bring him home with your help!!
I look forward to see him smile like this yet again...
...because it's PRICELESS!!
I can't help financially but I can and will continue to pray (both for things to come together even sooner than seems possible for the adoption, but also for the finances for him to be able to come again this summer!)
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