A Person's A Person Now Matter How Small

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Horton the Elephant, who, in the afternoon of May 15 while splashing in a pool located in the Jungle of Nool, hears a small speck of dust, on a small flower, talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called Whoville, inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as "Whos" with the Mayor as their leader.

The Mayor asks Horton (who, though he cannot see them, is able to hear them quite well, because of his large ears) to protect them from harm, which Horton happily agrees to do, proclaiming throughout the book that "even though you can’t see or hear them at all, a person’s a person, no matter how small." In doing so he is ridiculed and forced into a cage by the other animals in the jungle for believing in something that they are unable to see or hear.

Horton tells the Whos that, lest they end up being boiled in "Beezelnut Oil", they need to make themselves heard to the other animals. The Whos finally accomplish this by ensuring that all members of their society play their part. In the end it is a "very small shirker named JoJo" whose final addition to the volume creates enough lift for the jungle to hear the sound, thus reinforcing the moral of the story: "a person’s a person, no matter how small."

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Countless children, born with an extra chromosome, sit in orphanages in Eastern Europe.  They are hidden from society and forgotten about.  Then, at the age of 4 or 5 they are sent to a MENTAL INSTITUTION until they DIE!! What??!!  Die!! All because they have an extra chromosome.  These children have a greater capacity to love and laugh and share joy than most children I have ever met! Yet, they are a shame to the country they were born in.  These little ones are children, not monsters or freaks of nature.  People have asked us if we are sure about adopting a child with Down Syndrome, are we sure it won't be too much, are we sure our biological children will be ok with it, are we sure we want to make such a commitment to a child with so many needs...?  So, in answer to all those people with all those questions...



http://www.michaeldimarco.com/posts/the-year-of-yes

Yes, we are sure!!  We talk about, pray for, dream about, plan for and are raising funds to bring Dimitry home.  He is OURS.  Zak and Brenna are beyond excited to share the love of Jesus with him.  Dmitry matters to Jesus.  Jesus says, in Matthew 19:14
"Let the children come to me. Don't stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children."


We are adopting Dmitry because a "person's a person, no matter how small" and he is our little person!

~ One Less Orphan! ~