5000 miles away

Brian is off on his journey of being the international stork! He is 5000 miles from home! Tomorrow he hops on the overnight train....15 hours he will travel and then some more by car. We are not sure what day he will meet Sergey! We wont be able to post pictures of him until after court. Hopefully by then I can figure how to actually post pictures!!!!! He is located in a rural adult mental institution. At the age of 4 most of these disabled kids are taken out of the baby orphanage and placed in a mental institution for adults. About 80% of these kids don't survive the first year after being transferred. They are taken from everything they have ever known and put in a very sad and depressing place. Kids that aren't mobile do not get out of the crib. There is no interaction, little nutrition and maybe a once a day diaper change. From the most recent picture we have seen our little guy looks like the size of a 2 year old even though he is 6 plus. I am feeling bad because I said I shouldn't do a fund raiser but ugh...so much money! We just found out we will need an extra $1500. for additional court costs to reduce the wait time. I am praying about this. We were also going to pay for an extra airline ticket for someone to help Brian get home with the kids. Again thank you so much to all. I will try to keep you updated with new events! May God bless you!

 This is a picture for our kids...love this one although it is from 2005!!!!

 This is our daughter Natalie and our special needs horse...Our horse has dwarfism...she is 22 inches tall!!

  And Pierre...(Yippee I figured this picture thing out...not hard at all...duh!!!)

And remember if you feel led you can donate at www.reecesrainbow.org/sponsorharlin    THANKS!