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SARAH'S WORK
Lamb's Way
By: Sarah (Age 10)
A
forever home for the differently-abled. My family is a ministry together
working to help medically fragile children. Right now I have six brothers
and sisters. I have three biological brothers and sisters. Then there's
Shyheim. We call him Shyshy for short. He's 4 years old. Shyshy is my
adopted brother. His life expectancy was only supposed to be eight months
old. That's one miracle, Shyshy is blind but he still has fun. When he was
born his mother took drugs. He can't walk because of his mothers alcohol.
His brain wasn't able to develop, so he only has about half his brain. He
can't walk, talk, or see.
Max
is my foster brother. We're going to adopt him maybe in a couple months.
He's three years old. He's learning very slowly to walk. His mother also
took drugs so Max's brain isn't fully developed either. Max can see but he
has a shunt made of surgical steel (titanium). Max and Shyshy are both
blacks.
Erica
is my white foster sister. She's four. She's going deaf so we have to
teach her sign language. She has hearing aids.
All
of my medically fragile brothers and sister's parents notice how important
it is for us to take care of their children. The Lord was kind and gave my
mom a Christian home health aid. Thank God that there's a God. God also
gave us two big vans. One is what we call the cheese wagon because it look
like the color of cheese. It's a twelve passenger van that our church gave
us. The other van is a nineteen passenger van with seven wheel-chair lock
down places, a chair lift, a bathroom, and 6 wheels in back and 2 wheels
in front. Lamb's Way started with Shyheim. Then I had a lot of other
foster siblings. There was Carlos (CJ for short), Eliza, Christopher and
now Max and Erica. Before I was born Martha (she's 18 years old) and Ben
(14 years old) were my parents' only children. They wanted foster
children. But then I came along (Sarah Greenier) and then my younger
sister Hannah (7 years old) came along. After Hannah was 2 or 3, my
parents started Lamb's Way.
We're
praying now for a bigger house to be built in a place in Vernon, CT that's
10.7 acres. We know God's going to help us with a house even if it's not
10.7 acres of land.
The
above story was published in the April issue of...
"Clubhouse"
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a Focus on the Family magazine.
I
have reprinted the article below with permission from the staff at
"Clubhouse"
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Big
Sister
My
family is in ministry together working to help medically fragile
children. Right now I have six brothers and sisters. Three of my
siblings are biological. Then there is Shyheim, my adopted
4-year-old brother. We call him "Shyshy " for short.
Shyshy has cerebral palsy and can't walk, talk or see, but he
still has fun. He likes feeling the breeze on his face when he is
being pushed on the swing or sliding down the slide.
Max
is my foster brother. He's 3 years old and also has cerebral
palsy. He's learning very slowly to walk. My foster sister, Erica,
is 4. She's going deaf so we have to teach her sign language. She
wears hearing aids.
We
keep in touch with the birth families of the children we care for.
The parents know how important it is for us to take care of their
children. I've had a lot of different brothers and sisters over
the years, because we've been able to give many children a home.
The
Lord was kind and gave my mom a Christian home health aide. God
also gave us two big vans. We're praying now for a bigger house.
We know God's going to help us with a house. I'm thankful there's
a God.
Sarah, 10
Connecticut
Also by Sarah (now age 11)...
Be a Better Friend
If you treat others the way you want,
You won't be friends for long.
So you must be careful what you say,
Or your friendship will go wrong.
If you treat others the way you want,
You won't be friends for long.
So you must be careful what you do,
Or your friendship will go wrong.
If you treat others the way God wants,
You'll definitely be a friend.
So be careful what you say and do,
Or your friendship will come to an end.
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Jesus From A
to Z
Can you alphabetize the One who
answers all our cries?
You'll find truth in A
to Z. Here we
go! 1 - 2 - 3
A is for answers
- He answers my prayers
B is for being -
being the one who cares
C is for cross -
on which He died
D is for
deliverance - from when He was crucified
E is for
everlasting - life every Christian gets
F is for Father
- one who never forgets
G is for God -
the one true Lord
H is for Heaven
- which Christians can't afford
I is for ill -
he never gets sick
J is for Jesus -
in Him we should stick
K is for King -
King over all
L is for Lord -
in truth He'll never fall
M is for mighty
- the mightiest one
N is for nice -
He's nice to everyone
O is for
omniscient - He is always knowing
P is for
powerful - His might keeps on growing
Q is for Quake -
which He made the shepherds do
R is for
righteous - which He makes me and you
S is for Savior
- He saved the world
T is for
trustworthy - that's how David's rock was hurled
U is for
unsatisfied - sinners are always this
V is for victory
- Jesus reigns victorious
W is for Ways -
we must follow the ways of God
X is for x-ray -
compared to Him that's a fraud
Y is for yes -
to God we say "yes"
Z is for zebra -
God made them, you can guess
Poem by: Sarah Greenier (age
10)
Forest Walk
Carefully so we would stay on the
roads,
We went through the forest with our loads.
I carried feathers but he carried rocks,
For I am saved but he is not.
My burden is light, because Jesus Christ bore it.
His burden is heavy, because he tried to ignore it.
Poem by: Sarah Greenier (age
12)
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