Sabrina was supposed to be in the Ukraine right now, teaching English to school children. When she found out about her new baby brother and the health challenges he would be facing, she put her life on hold and volunteered to go to Oregon and stay with him for as long as necessary. What a huge sacrifice!! She knew Scott and I would not be able to be there every day and she also knew how important it was for someone to be there with him every single day.
When she told the program director that she would need to back out of her trip, she really hoped they would refund some of the $$ that she had paid. They didn't. $2500 bucks gone!!! She was heartbroken, as was I. I knew how hard she worked to earn that money! All winter, in the freezing cold, she bottle fed 60 baby calves, cleaned their pens, drug the dead ones out, came home covered in cow slobber and poop every single day, gave shots, tube fed the sick ones and froze her butt off! She worked harder than anyone I know!!! And doesn't have a penny to show for it!
But her 'pay' will come from her Father in Heaven. He will watch out for her. He will make sure she finds a new job while she is at college. He knows her heart and the sacrifice she made for her brother. Her act of selfless love will not go unnoticed by Him. The bond she created with her baby brother will last a life time. When he's older, he will realize what an amazing sister he has!
Sam and Colt will probably have their baby on Wednesday, via C-section. He is currently breech. They will check him again tomorrow and if he hasn't moved, then he will be born the next day. I'm excited to be able to go back down for the birth!!! And of course, pictures to follow!! :)
Our oldest and our youngest!!!
Bye baby girl!!!! We will miss your beautiful smiling face around here!!
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She will love it there! Does she have a major yet?
That stinks about the money. I remember how hard she worked for it. It especially stinks, considering that they kept changing what she originally agreed to do. They should have refunded her money just for that!
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