CHALLENGE 100

OK... so here we go! Besides those who respond to this blog, I know many of you are watching often for updates. Here is our fundraising update. We are planning a campaign called Challenge 100. Our goal is to get 100 people to donate 100 dollars toward our adoption. WE KNOW this can happen! So many of you care and these kids need to come home. We're not trying to guilt anyone into this, but think about this honestly, think of not having a mom and dad. Think of all that entails emotionally for a child! Now think of all the little things we honestly save up 100 dollars for. A lawnmower, a new outfit, a trip camping, a new radio... I know I know.... GAS. Now... how about giving to a good cause, how about healing emotions with your 100 dollars, how about filling a family sized hole in a little boy's heart, how about giving a little girl the chance to know she has a hope and will always be loved... I don't know about you... but that sounds to me like a good BUY!!! A good reason to give! Please come along side of us and help with this challenge. We will soon have fliers ready for your work place, your family, your church or wherever else you feel a desire to pass them out. prayforasia@netzero.net Please let us know if you are willing to help spread the word and bring David and Guillanda home. We are also challenging you to give. Donations of any size are welcome, and if you truly feel you can't give... we totally still love you and we respect your decision!!!!! =) In that case please pray for us that someone would be prompted to give 100 dollars, and believe that God will hear your prayer!


I also felt called to attach my recent response to an email I received... after writing it I realize there are many of you that might enjoy this...



"Rob and I have had an interesting on-going story that is FINALLY coming into focus. We have been married for almost 4 years and we have not been able (SO FAR) to have biological children. Since I was about 15 years old however, I knew I would adopt some day. God was creating a passion in me to adopt. Rob was on a mission trip to the Philippines for a couple weeks when I felt prompted to pray very hard that God would touch His heart to want to adopt... well Rob came back excited about adopting. God is so so good. Well, Rob prayed about adopting and felt that we should adopt from China. That possibility has just currently closed to us however, due to new restrictions set by Chinese law... so the exact month we found out China was not an option Haiti came on the horizon. A friend of mine emailed me one day (not really knowing me or my situation at that point) and said it was on her heart that Rob and I might look into adopting from Haiti. I actually wrote it off at first still thinking MAYBE China would end up being an option... not because WE were so set on it, but honestly because we felt that was where God was leading us. Well, this friend's husband is my doctor and two weeks later (supposedly not even knowing it had already been suggested) he had suggested that maybe we should think of adopting from Haiti. So I finally started to pray about it. My dear friend emailed me persistently one more time, I prayed about at least going to Haiti and asked Rob to pray about going too... He actually was planning on going to Guatemala at the time, so things didn't look so good, but after a week of prayer he felt sure he needed to make plans to go to Haiti. Thank you Lord for redirecting our steps!!!


SO we were looking on the website a lot, trying to see if God quickened our hearts to any kids. At first Herman and Elmise were on my heart, I thought they were SO SO adorable. A couple of days later however, I was looking on line and praying again and felt God shift my heart to David and Guillanda. When Rob got home from work I drug him upstairs to look at the computer and told him what I felt God was telling me. Rob really had no response quite yet. It was hard to decipher what God was saying because for some reason Rob was starting to feel more lead to Herman and Elmise.

So when we went down to Haiti we tried to keep a very open mind, since we felt so confused about who to adopt. So many people told us we would "just know" who are kids were when we got there. Well honestly for the first two days we didn't... And I was so bummed!!! I again started doubting myself and the situation... BUT THEN the third day came. On the second day I had spent a lot of time with Daivd but not so much with Guillanda...so on the third day I decided to go up to the nursery and get Guillanda. (Herman and Elmise were just not drawn to us by the way) Well, she is a little more shy then the other babies so I wasn't sure how things would go... but she nearly instinctively walked up to me with her arms slowly raising upward... Guillanda just does not do that... if you watch her, she lets all the other babies run up and get the attention. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life. I had to reach over about ten other babies to grab my girl but she had such a look of thankfulness on her face for being the one that got to be picked up. After that I had a hard time not holding her. So the next day as I held her I looked at Rob and I just couldn't hold back... I said... "This is our baby girl Rob, I just know it..." and Rob said... "I know" What a powerful moment! Later the same day we were watching David eat dinner and I just looked at Rob and said "Rob that's your boy!" Again with tears in his eyes Rob said "I know" Rob is not a man of many words, so those two words spoke volumes to my heart. Rob will not agree to anything unless he has been convinced 110 %... so these words were such a welcome treat!!!! On Sunday we went to church and Guillanda was sitting on my lap and God gave me one last confirmation. I'm not sure if you have kids, but you know how instinctively from raising them, when you cuddle them, they each have their own smell? And you just love to smell the top of their head when you cuddle them? Well, I was cuddling Guillanda during Church and lowered my head to smell her, and I am not kidding you, it's like I knew that smell from somewhere and I just started crying because I knew without a doubt that she was my daughter... I knew her smell. God is so awesome.


It's so amazing how God sets things up too. I wanted someone to cuddle and Rob wanted someone to play outside with and God saw the desires of our hearts and blessed us. It is also amazing how much the kids both act like we did when we were kids. David is always outside (even when he's not supposed to be) and he is always getting dirty and being amazingly creative-that is totally Rob... and Guillanda seems shy and yet also "sensitive"... one day when I walked in the nursery all the kids started singing "Mama Guillanda" over and over and she got sad or mad (not liking being put on the spot) and started slapping the other kids hands and then she just started to cry... that is totally something I would have done... I have to admit!

So that's our story so far... We will be going back in July thank Goodness!!! God bless!!!! Thanks for wanting to know our story!! "

LET THE CHALLENGE BEGIN!!! Thanks for you help!

Donations can be sent to:

Rob and Hope Krotzer
270 N. Broncos Dr.
Sanford, MI 48657