Justin was a little worried when I saw him at our annual summer adoption matching party in Colorado. For some reason our staff didn’t know he would be coming to the party, and so his photograph didn’t get included in the little booklet made up for the event.

Volunteers at the party took a Polaroid photograph of every child in attendance (including Justin) and posted them on a bulletin board to help parents find the child(ren) they wanted to meet. So he wasn’t overlooked.


But he needed a little extra attention.

So Justin and I found his photograph in our big picture book, too. We put a marker there – just to make sure that no one at the party would miss him.

Can you imagine being nine years old at a party and thinking no one will find you and become your parent? Justin shouldn’t have to worry about such a thing. No child should.

A few minutes later a prospective mom and dad stopped to visit with me. They were waiting to hear about their quest to adopt a sibling group from Missouri, and the wait was hard to endure. So they came to the party to be around some of the children and get encouragement from our staff.

Of course – as if doing the job he’d delegated to me – I showed them Justin’s picture. They chocked up as they looked at his photograph and others in the picture book of waiting children.

“These are lives!” they exclaimed. “These aren’t just pieces of paper in this book. . . . these are children who need moms and dads.”

I couldn’t have said it better.

And what about Justin? He has a family now.

But there is another nine year old boy who is waiting to be found. Meet Ramon

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