Astrid's Missing Angels

02/21/2025

An Update on My Daughters

It has been far too long since I last shared an update, and tragically, my children remain abducted in the UAE by their Australian father. He has cut off all contact, and I have not heard their voices since June 2023. I don’t know where they live, and every phone number he once had has been disconnected.

I have been denied every possible way of reaching them no birthday wishes, no photos, no letters, no phone calls. Every attempt I make to reconnect is blocked. He even refuses to provide an address where I could send them gifts or letters, ensuring that even the smallest connection is severed.

To make matters worse, he has relentlessly abused the UAE court system, fabricating lie after lie in an attempt to gain legal custody there. In December, the High Court in Abu Dhabi dismissed his appeal and threw out his case. But just weeks later, in January, I was notified—without even being properly served—that he had filed yet another custody application.

Every time I move to enforce my rightful Australian custody order, he counters with another baseless filing. There is no break, no justice, just an endless cycle. Is it unfair? Absolutely. Will the courts stop enabling it? Most likely not, why would they when they can keep taking his money?

I’m sharing this because I want my daughters to know the truth. If Charlotte and Georgia ever come across this page, I want them to hear it directly from me:

I love you more than life itself. You are my daughters forever, and no one can stop me from loving you or fighting for you. One day, when we are finally reunited, you will feel and KNOW just how deeply I love you. Stay strong, lean on each other, and never doubt that your mother is here, fighting for you every single day.



Photo below is with their cousin Nina and their grandmother who also love and miss them

08/21/2024

Internationally abducted children suffer from the most extreme form of parental alienation

08/10/2023

Below is a snip of the 2023 ICAPRA Actions Report recently released by the State Department. It is a mandated follow up to the annual report in which State reports what it's doing to engage with persistently noncompliant nations. The UAE is listed on this report. As some you know, and can see in my last post, I attended the hearing on IPCA (Int Parental Child Abduction) in May 2023 in WA DC.

I believe the actions taken in May and June by the State Dept and the Embassy were a direct result of my efforts to date and my appearance at this hearing as well as the meeting in person with State. There are a lot of parents in my situation who get discouraged by the lack of assistance for our innocent children and the constant delays and roadblocks that inevitably follow an abduction. But with strong persistence, prayers and support and an attitude of never ever giving up you can achieve great things.

I will never stop until my girls are brought safely home. I also gladly stand and help pave the way for a more cooperative and actionable relationship between the US and the UAE in resolving abduction cases and making it a less desirable place for abductors.

I hope someday they accede to the Hague Convention and end this chapter of ripping families apart.

05/25/2023

I was honoured this week to be in Washington and take part in this hearing. My advocate Dr Noelle Hunter mentioned me in her testimony (at about 1:30:30)

03/12/2023

I had a dream last night we were reunited. I hugged you so close to me. You cried and I cried. I stroked your hair and told you everything would be ok. We stayed that way for a long time. I promised you that I would take you home and you felt the love you have been missing for almost 2 years. The never-ending unconditional love of your mother. We are apart but can always visit each other in our dreams. Mommy is fighting for you my darlings. EVERYTHING I do is for you. Stay strong and remember that the bond we have, no one can take away ❤️❤️❤️

01/05/2023

To my angels. You will always have my love ❤️💗💝

10/27/2022

https://gofund.me/a374d5eb

Hi everyone, I am happy to share with you my gofundme page to help bring my girls home

Hi, my name is Astrid. Last year, June 2021, just 3 months after my 2 daughters and I relocate… Astrid Johnson needs your support for Astrid's Missing Angels

10/22/2022

Its here! I was very honoured to be asked to do a podcast with the lovely Deanielle Dawra with FindMyParent. She stands for all children of parental abductions by creating websites where they can safely seek and find their left behind parent.
I continue to face many challenges in bringing my daughters home, but with support from her and others in this community and beyond, I know someday we will be reunited

In today’s episode, Astrid Johnson shares the story of how her two daughters were abducted to the United Arab Emirates while visiting their father on what was