Mentoring Moms

 

I'm amazed at how God keeps opening doors and stretching in the area of orphan care and adoption. His latest gift to me has been an opportunity to help build a network of moms with adopted kids willing to mentor other moms through No Hands But Ours.  These mentor moms will advocate for orphans with a medical need by being open to review and give advice on medical files. The sharing of their personal story with their child will help address the fears of potential adoptees.  They'll answer questions, provide resources and be a voice for kids with that medical need. 

 

So, we need you, adoptive momma.  Take a read and see if this might be YOUR new way to serve. 

 

We have 65+ volunteers so far, but still have many special needing volunteers. 

 

I am so. excited.

This project has been in the *dream* stage for a long time. But with a website overhaul pending, and realizing our need for more organizational and informational supports to make NHBO all it can be, the time to turn this dream into reality is now.

Joining me on this adventure are Rebecca, Liberty, Becky, Amy and Sheryl. All moms of precious kiddos from China, who just happen to have special needs. All passionate advocates for the orphan. And all just as excited as I am to be working together to launch this crazy big idea.

And we want you, adoptive mama, to be in on this, too.

So just what is it we are doing? Well, I’m so glad you asked.

Our dream is to establish a network of Mentoring Moms (or Dads, as the case may be) to represent most, if not all, of the special needs that are seen in children coming home from China. Each need would be represented by two or more moms, depending on the amount of support a specific need might require and how many children are represented by that specific need. Each team would be lead by one mom who checks in regularly with the larger NHBO team.

Collectively, each team of Mentoring Moms would work together to 1) improve the resources available on NHBO and keep it updated with the most current and most accurate information available for that specific need 2) publish occasional posts on the NHBO blog and help raise awareness through social media 3) work together to help educate and inform those who are considering parenting a child with special needs 4) work together to support parents who are already home with a child and wondering what the best next steps in parenting a child with that specific need.

Individually, a Mentoring Mom would be someone who is parenting a child with a specific special need that they have become so familiar with, so knowledgeable about, that they’ve become something of a non-trained-but-eat-sleep-and-dream-about-it expert.

Read the rest and apply to be a mentor mom at No Hands But Ours.