As news of the devastation in Haiti continues to flood in, we have received many calls, emails and blog comments wondering how you can help. While we encourage you to keep praying and offering aid to reputable emergency relief organizations, we wanted to share with you how Show Hope sponsors have already helped to make an incredible difference in the lives of waiting Haitian orphans following the earthquake. We are ecstatic to announce that we have heard from five grant recipient families whose children have traveled home safely this week, thanks in part to the ongoing financial help provided by Show Hope sponsors! We are expecting a number of other grant families to welcome home their children in the next few days.

Please pray for the Franklin’s, the Jakab’s, the Garcia’s, the Schleicher’s, and the Wilson’s as their children make the transition to their families in the United States. Pray also that adoptions are expedited and travel is safe for the Sommer and Daugherty families, and other families we expect to hear from soon.

If you have been watching news coverage, you may have seen the Wilson family on NBC Nightly News earlier this week. Watch the video highlighting the story of  this Show Hope adoption grant recipient family:

Another family, the Garcia’s, welcomed home Alex and Ian this week. Below is a touching home video from their first few days together:

We are so thankful to be a part of miracle stories like these! Please remember that these families were already well-advanced in their adoption journeys. At the time of this post, there is no infrastructure to allow new adoptions to begin in Haiti, but we will keep you informed as we hear more.  Thank you for joining this movement to care for orphans in Haiti and around the world.