this link <\/a>on Pentimento and wanted to re-post it. It is such an awful tragedy\u2026a family answering God\u2019s call to adopt a little boy with Down Syndrome, approved through the whole adoption process, only to have a judge deny their petition because the precious boy is \u201cnot socially adaptable\u201d and is better off in an institution <\/i>than in a home with a loving family. Horrible.\u00a0 <\/p>\nPlease pray for this family, their child who is waiting to come home, but most especially for this judge, that she will change her mind and allow Kirill to be adopted.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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