Not too long ago, we highlighted each of the “big kids” at the Buckner Baby Home home. However, as you may have noticed, we left out one very special big kid: Juan Pablo. As many of you know, Juan Pablo is being adopted by our good friends John and Emily Wiggins.
Since John and Emily have their own blog dedicated to telling tales about JP and their adoption, we’ll leave the storytelling to them! We highly recommend that you spend some time on their site getting to know JP and his wonderful parents.
Since we aren’t introducing you to JP like we did with the other kids, this post has a slightly different aim. By writing this note, we hope to encourage you to pray for this family. John and Emily left on Wednesday for what is hopefully their last adoption-related trip to Guatemala! This is it! The next time we see them they will (hopefully) be in Indiana with their son! 
Over the next few days, they will be wrapping up loose ends at the U.S. Embassy and preparing for their exit/Visa interview. Please pray that their paperwork is in order and that they receive word that they can finally take their son home!
I know that John and Emily would also want you to pray for the other kids. Since the Baby Home is closing, the kids are being split apart. I wish I could do more for Danni and Alejandra. I wish I could be there for them. Can you imagine how Danni must be feeling right now? He’s seven and has just been taken away from his home and his “family” and moved to a different orphanage. Who’s loving on him? Who’s hugging him and kissing him and telling him everything is going to be all right?
And Ale. There’s no family for her yet. Her
“brothers” have all left. She must be so confused. And scared. And lonely.
Please ask God that He would look after these special children, love them, and comfort them.
