So much has happened in the last week, but it's been difficult to update since I've been out of town so much. I am currently in North Carolina with my kids visiting my parents. Pics to come when I get home and can connect my camera to my computer.
In the meantime, we've had several exciting updates regarding Caroline! Brian Stuy, a guy who runs a business of locating finding ads for the orphans of China, sent the ads for Caroline. We were surprised to receive TWO finding ads. An orphanage is always required by law to post a description of a child and their (estimated if not known) date of birth if they have been abandoned before the child can be officially admitted to the institution and be eligible for adoption. Caroline was abandoned at 22 months, so the first ad was from May of 2000 (about 8 months after she was found). We were hoping the ad would include a picture, making it the earliest picture we would ever have of Caroline. But ads didn't include pics until a couple of years later.
Brian Stuy was surprised when he found a second finding ad for our Caroline, published in May of 2009. This was when her paperwork was being done to make her eligible for adoption, so I guess they had to run the ad in the newspapers one more time. This ad included a picture, and it's the youngest of her we've seen thus far. It's cute! I figure she was probably 8 or 9 in the picture.
Our beautiful girl was found with a note from her birth parents. We won't receive it until we get to China, and in fact, sometimes orphanage directors won't release the notes at all. But we hope it will be a source of comfort and reassurance of love from Caroline's birth mother...a sole remnant from her babyhood that she can treasure for a lifetime.
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Wow! This just really touched me and sent chills up my spine. This is amazing. We would love to adopt and have thought from the get go, it would be a girl from China. We have no idea how the process works and figue the adoption will be in the future, but I love reading your blog. It's very inspiring. :)
xoxo, cat
I got a photocopy of the note that was left with Sarah. :) You should get a photocopy of it at least, and David will translate it for you.
oooh, just thought, she's likely in foster care through sponsorship with Grace and Hope, you can get reports and photos of her "quarterly" reports from the point she entered foster care after you complete the adoption from Grace and Hope.
That is how we have photos of Sarah 2 weeks after she entered the orphanage! :)
She is such a beautiful girl!!! Her smile melts your heart. I am sure they will give you a copy of the letter. That will definitely be a treasure for her. Looking foward to your travel!
She is amazingly adorable. :) Fearfully and wonderfully made, no doubt.
We are now in the same slow boat you were in. CCAA cannot find our old dossier so our agency had to mail our old dossier to them to go along with new home study, etc. We are not happy and are not looking forward to the long wait like you did.
On a different note, it's wonderful you got Caroline's finding ad.
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