It is with great sadness that I share with you that Matthew; the little boy we were working so diligently on helping out of Liberia with a medical visa has peacefully passed away in his sleep early this morning. His birth family, his foster families, his future adoptive family, and all others who cared so much about Matthew to become involved whether it be with prayers or donations to help him will dearly miss how much he has touched so many lives. Matthew had purpose.All funds that were raised in behave of Matthew's care by Global's paypal buttons will be used to assist Matthew's family through the next year in our H.E.L.P. project- Help Empower Liberian People. This project is a way for families here in the states to sponsor a family in Liberia for a year to help them get back on their feet and be self-supporting. This can be done in many different ways. We will be updating our website and this blog when I get back from Liberia.
I, myself experienced loosing a child that we were going to adopt at one point in Liberia a few years back. While it is tragic, God used him in a mighty way to inspire us to launch Global Orphan Outreach. I am re posting this song as a reminder of how much these children- all children are loved and wanted by someone.
We All want to make our place in this world
We All want our voices to be heard
Everyone wants a chance to be someone
We all have dreams we need to dream
But sweeter than any star you can reach
Is when you reach and find youve found someone
You'll hold this world's most priceless thing
The greatest gift this life can bring
If you can look back and know
You were Loved.
You were loved by someone
Touched by someone
Held by someone
Meant something to someone
Loved somebody
Touched somebody's heart along the way
You can look back and say... You were loved!
You can have Diamonds in your hand
Have all the riches in the land
Without love do you really have anything
When someone cares that youre alive
When someone finds their world in your eyes
Then you'll know youve find all you need
Youll hold this world's most priceless prize
The sweetest treasure in this world
If you can look back and say... You were loved!
You were loved by someone
Touched by someone
Held by someone
Meant something to someone
Loved somebody
Touched somebodys heart along the way
You can look back and say...
You were Loved!
Thank you Donna for allowing us to become involved in this sweet boy's life by being his foster family while he would have been here. We are sad that he will never wear the clothes we so lovingly picked out for him, he will never play with the toys that my other children felt he really needed, he will never see the special quilt I made for him to come home with. But, we are so happy that he is now running with Jesus and all the other children in Heaven and he is no longer in pain and no longer suffering the effects of such horrible malnourishment. He truly was a special little boy and he touched so many lives in the short time we "knew" him.
ReplyDeleteDeb
http://smithsoup.blogspot.com/2009/07/little-boy-named-matthew.html.
ReplyDeleteI wrote my comments in my own blog post tonight. You are welcome to read them.
Linda Keyser-Smith,
mom to 14, 5 from Cambodia, 1 from Vietnam, 1 from Texas, 7 the bio way and waiting for three from Liberia, one of whom could be the next Matthew..........................