SADLY, IT IS REALLY TRUE

We have often told people that if Ben hadn’t been adopted, he would have been transferred to an adult mental institution in his country.  He most likely would have spent the rest of his life there because children become very hard to access for adoption after that transfer.

Sometimes I can’t even believe that truth.  What kind of life would a 5-6 year old boy have in a mental institution?  How sad, how bleak, how devastating.  

I can’t imagine what Ben would be like today if the past 3 years he had been in that institution versus where he is now after being home in America for 3 years.  He has come so far!  I’m afraid he would have lost so much if he had been forced to move from the orphanage to the institution.

But this is the truth.  

I was reminded of this when I read a FB post from a family who adopted a year before us from the same orphanage.  Because their child had a good friend at the orphanage that had been transferred out, this couple asked to visit the mental institution during their time in country.  They visited with the children at the institution, including their son’s friend.  They have photos.  

Sadly, the fact of transfer at 5-6 years old to a mental institution is really true.

Thank you Lord for rescuing Ben from this terrible reality.  Thank you he is home with us: happy, safe, and flourishing!  It is truly a miracle!