"I held her photo in my hand. I saw a little life thriving inside a body that had no control over her conditions. I imagined her rocking herself to sleep at night. I smelled the stench of the orphanage crowded with hundreds of children, and with too few caretakers to fully nurture my child. I watched her eat porridge and fight with other children for nourishment. I heard her calling from her crib in the dark night, saw her little hand reaching out to me "Mama, Mama!" I felt her in my arms, our hearts touching. Her name was Maria Magdalena Alexandru. She was surviving in a Romanian orphanage, where she had been most of her little life, and was available for adoption. She was my daughter."

Once home, I thought I would be able to move forward, but the orphaned children's faces haunted me still. I saw homeless children on the streets of Bucharest, living under the city in the sewer system, and I could not forget. My life was so profoundly changed at what I saw and experienced in Romania during our adoption journey, and on the various other mission trips I had been to in other countries, that I decided I must do more for the children.

I loved idea of helping others to adopt and founded a non-profit humanitarian organization and licensed adoption agency, shortly after we returned from our adoption. Although there were organizations on the Internet that provided humanitarian aid all over the world, it was going to take a miracle to help ALL these children. God had now called this mother to do more. If one person could help one child find their forever family, assist in medical, nutritional and emotional development, or support in prayer, many children would find their Little Miracle.

Since our adoption journey in 1998, our organization Little Miracles International has grown by leaps and bounds!

Our child charity blog documents what wonderful humanitarian work we are doing with and for the children of other countries.

All children have dreams. Orphaned, abandoned, impoverished and disadvantaged children have different dreams from the children you most likely know.

A child dreams:

...of a hot meal.

...of a warm coat.

...of shelter from abuse.

...of a hand to hold.

...of love.

If each person reading this could help financially with assistance in medical, physical, nutritional and emotional development, volunteer their time, or support in prayer, many children in our projects will have their simple dreams fulfilled.

Visit our blog and help a small Dream of a Child become a reality. You can help. Please.