Going back to the Past- 24th Part

Viviane Freitas

  • 26
  • Jan
  • 2016

Going back to the Past- 24th Part

  • 26
  • Jan
  • 2016

I went back to Los Angeles. In other words, 8 hours behind Lisbon. A long journey back home but I was determined and full of plans and expectations of when the children will come.

I brought back the “yes” to my family! Well due to my decision, we took the next steps forward. We applied to the law so that we can continue with the adoption process.

Everything indicated that everything would work out just fine. The children were already big. They were 3 and 4 years old. Usually people prefer to adopt babies.

So were waiting for the answer. A day, a month, two months, and until … the answer came: it was a “No! Your application is not accepted. You do not have residence in Portugal, you are not old enough to adopt. The total age of the couple has to be of 50 years.” Julio and myself did not add up to that age.

Can you imagine … so much expectation and finally nothing.
I cried a lot, I wanted them. I didn’t have the experience of a mother and I was not old enough to adopt, but the desire and the certainty that I had something to give them … was huge.

The God that I believed in and what He had done inside of me, could not just be for me. After all, remember that I had no other function but to care for the people, and the children were … a chance to be able to do something for someone that is in need.

Furthermore, within me … a revolt. Revolt of so many children suffering and when someone wants to give them something that many families don’t have, they are refused!

At the time of the “championship”, I was already talking to them almost every week. And I was already forming a bond, an affection and a love for them. I never adopted Luis and Vera with all the legal conditions, but I got the opportunity to have them for some time.

I was like their ‘mother’. I took them to school, doctors, etc. I gave them all the help. And that’s how it was during three years of guardianship with them.

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4 comentários

  1. Su Fe y insistencia de seguir luchando nos de un buen ejemplo

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  2. The Lord works in no condition. Am inspired to leave this way. The faith has to be real.

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  3. Mrs V.
    You so inspire me, reading your post makes me to seek more of God, to be close to Him. thank you and God bless

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  4. Thank you Dona Freitas for sharing

    As I scrolled through FaceBook I saw the title, Part 24, this intrigued me. I started reading Part 24, but soon realised I need to catch up to get a jist of what is the whole picture, so to speak. I went to Part 22 not realising there is so much more to catch up on, lol, I need to go to Part 1. Needless to say I was inspired by reading Parts 22-24.

    After reading statements like, “I knew how to conquer but I didn’t know how to wait on God’s revelation to Julio.” I realise I need not wish to be like you who through your life time you have had examples of true faith from the get go. I realise you still need to know when to act or wait on the Father no matter your upbringing.

    I can rejoice today in the fact its exactly the same for me, to know when to act or wait on Father. The fact he has called me in my fifties, many at that age did not respond to His call. He has transformed my minset through attending Godllywood seminars, and reading blogs like yours. I look forward to start Part 1

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