We are Rich and Meg Theisen. We have 6 sons, ages 19 - 5. By God&'s prompting and encouragement, we began a journey to adopt a special needs little boy from Lithuania. Our little guy&'s name is John-Patrik, he has Down&'s Syndrome and Autism and is pretty amazing. His adoption was final on Dec. 4th, 2014. Little did we know when we arrived there, nearly one year ago, that we&'d actually be starting a second adoption journey. It was literally the furthest thing from our minds. As we visited the orphanage we quickly got to know the other children. They were all very friendly and clung to us for attention. There was one little girl in particular, however, that completely stole our hearts. Everyday we&'d leave and be in tears on the way back to our apartment thinking about this little girl&'s state; racking our brain trying to figure out what we could do. It took a few days before we finally looked the obvious in the face: We would be coming back to Lithuania to get little Miss Milanija (Milan-ee-ya) as soon as we could. She has Spina Bifida and Hip Dysplasia, but cognitively she is as sharp as a tack. She has a wheelchair (finally!), hence our recent purchase of a 15 pass. van. It is estimated that, barring any unforeseen difficulties, we are due to travel at the end of February and here&'s it is November already! So, we need help! We are now, officially, in a bind for fundraising. God is faithful, just as He was with providing for John-Patrik&'s adoption costs through many unexpected sources, including many of you; He will be faithful for this adoption as well. (change in goal $ reflects other donations and new number crunching)
