The Shrum Family Adventures: Meet Roxanna

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Meet Roxanna

She is our 9 year old Mayan Indian we sponsor so she can go to school. She is in the first grade. With out the help of sponsors these Mayan Children do not get a chance to attend school because they can not afford the fees, uniforms, shoes, and books. Now Roxanna will has a chance to start school.

There family is very needy and we hope to also help out with other things they need like stoves, beds, and tables and chairs. The father(52) does not work. He only has one leg. I am not sure if he even has a wheel chair or not. The mother works by making tortillas (like Sara Ava's BM) and hand washing clothes in the lake. Not enough to support a family.

Please pray for Roxanna and her family. Here is a picture of her mother (46) she looks like she has had a very hard life. Roxanna is has 2 sisters and 6 brothers.

If you want to support your own Myan child to be able to go to school go to www.mayanfamilies.com/

I hope one day we get to meet her!!!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: She's beautiful! I'm sure she's so grateful for you guys!; April 17, 2008 at 7:45 AM

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Verses that really spoke to me and helped me get through our adoptions.

(John 14:18) " I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you."

(Isaiah 43:5-6) "Do not be afraid, for I am with you,
I will bring your children from the west. Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth."

(Proverbs 25:25) "As cold water is to a thirsty soul : so is good
news from a far country."

(Matthew 6:25-34) The do not worry chapter.
This is the chapter that told me we would adopt again and the
baby girl woud be named Lily (Lilee). "The lilies of the field".
This is a great reminder of why we should not worry, God will take care of his people!

(Psalms 82: 3-4) "Defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Resue the weak and neady; deliver them from the hand of the wicked."

(Psalms 68: 5) "A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."

(Deuteronomy 10:18) " He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow and loves the alien, giving them food and clothing."

(Philippians 4:13) "I can do all things through him who gives me strength."

(Philippians 4:6-7) " Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present
your request to God. And the peace of God,which transcends all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

(Romans 8:28) " And we know that all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

(James 1:27) "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after the orphans and widows in their destress, and to keep oneself from being polluted from by the world."