Kim de Blecourt - Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mothers Courage, a Race to Freedom

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Copyright 2012 by Kim de Blecourt
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Imagine youre visiting a place where theres little to no English spoken and you wake up one day to find that the group you went with has all gone home and you are left there alone. You are stranded in a culture where you cant trust many, you dont fully understand the language, and you cant read the signsand at the same time you try not to let on that you cant do those things. Then add to that a constant fear that youre being watched, followed, and that at any moment you might be arrested.

That was my experienceall because my husband, daughter, and I grew to love a small orphan boy.

While this book describes my journey, it is really Gods story, because there is no other logical explanation for how things ultimately worked out except by Gods hand. I dont know what God will choose to do with what happened or how he will use itbut I know he will use itif in no other way than to change me, because I have been changed. God has grown within me a heart for those who have been abandoned.

That is my purpose in writing this story: to show how important the fatherless are to our heavenly Father. As a community, culture, and church, weve lost the urgency of caring for orphans, but Ive learned firsthand how important these forgotten ones are to him.

Many people involved in this story made huge sacrifices to help my family. As I tell their roles throughout these pages, I could do them great harm if I didnt do everything to protect their identities. So I have changed many of the names and certain locations or time frames in order to protect the brave men and women who helped us get home.

Ukraine has become like a second home to methe place where the one true God became my Abba Father, the homeland of so many dear friends, and the birthplace of my son. And so this book is in no way intended to make people shy away from international adoptionif anything, Ive come away from this experience believing even more strongly in adoption of all kinds, foster care, and vulnerable child protection. We, who have so much, need to reach out to the orphans of this world and show them the care, hope, and love they deserve.