When she was 13 she became pregnant...

I have been gathering the necessary paperwork this week to finally get Eli's application for a Social Security number submitted. Yeah, yeah, yeah I see you rolling your eyes, just stop it. I am doing E and F's together, at least that sounds like a good excuse to have waited, right? Anyway, in gathering the needed documents I began reading back through the official translated papers from Guatemala and the narrative...

Personal Information of the minor to be adopted: Lilian states that when she was 13, she became girlfriend of ___ (she ignores his last name), who was 20 years old. He was Lilian's boyfriend for 4 months and after having relations, she became pregnant with her son Eli (note: this is his given name by us). When he found out she was pregnant, he left and she never saw him again. This woman is an unwed mother and underage. She needs to work to provide for herself; working as a housekeeper and earning Q.400 ($51) a month. She provides for herself and lives a difficult situation, it being impossible to raise a child. Due to the above, Lilian, underage, decided to give up her son in adoption... 

Opinion of the Social Worker:  Taking into account the home study of the adoptive parents and the home study of the minor to be adopted, in which the biological mother and maternal grandmother expressly and voluntarily state their consent for the adoption of the minor, the undersigned issued a favorable report for this adoption, considering that the biological mother and grandmother do not have the financial resources necessary to raise the minor. In the same manner, taking into account that the adoptive parents have a warm and adequate home for the minor, being mature, physically, mentally, emotionally and financially stable, offering the minor a home fully of opportunities for his development. The minor has the right to have a family that loves him and cares for him.

Thank you Lord Jesus for Lilian being a surrogate for our son Eli.  Thank you for his foster home who took care of him until you could unite us with him at 13 months of age. Thank you for all of those around us who came along side and aided in prayer, support, and "stuff", in the process of uniting with our wonderful son Eli. Thank you for an amazing 4 years with your blessed child Eli and for gracing our family with his addition and orchestrating the knitting of him into the Freeman family fabric.

I couldn't have said it better than did the Guatemalan social worker; The minor has the right to have a family that loves him and cares for him.

God says taking care of these is pure religion, why then are there so many in need, when there are so many supposed Christians who can take care of them? My heart overflows with joy and sadness tonight. God forgive us...