Over 30 children listed with ASIA’s Hope Journey program. Check out the Children Who Wait page for more info.
FTIA
November 14, 2009
adoption situations, FTIA
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FTIA, a well-respected adoption agency, has recently made public their individual list of waiting children from China. Visit here to learn more.
A Helping Hand
September 26, 2009
A Helping Hand, CCAA, older child adoption, Stefanie
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A Helping Hand Adoption Agency has updated their current list of waiting children.Additionally, they are participating in the CCAA’s “Trip of Hope” program. Read more here. For more information, contact:Dana Woods: dana@worldadoptions.org
Mary's daughter
August 31, 2009
Family Stories, HepB+, Infectious, Living Hope
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by Mary, mom to a daughter from China with Hepatitis B It all started after watching three beautiful Chinese girls in dance class with my daughter each week. I had time to sit and chat with the mother who adopted these three beautiful girls from China. Each week we talked more about the adoptions. Adoption …Read More
Holt International
August 25, 2009
Agencies
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Holt has over 75 kiddos on their “East Asia” (which means China) Waiting Child page. Some are new referrals and some have been waiting a long time, all need to find their forever families! Check out Holt’s website, which has a photolisting and a small bio on each child, HERE.
Nightlight Christian Adoption
July 21, 2009
Agencies
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We’ve added a new listing to our Agencies page: Nightlight Christian Adoptions.They have recently begun to place SN children from China.To learn more about their program, visit their site here.
ASIA's new program
July 10, 2009
ASIA, older child adoption
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ASIA will be participating in a new program to help bring older children, with minor special needs, home from China. 20-30 children, ages 5-12, will be participating in this program. The adventure begins July 26th!! To follow along visit ASIA’s new blog, ASIA’s Hope Journey.
Ella
June 3, 2009
CWA, Family Stories, heart defect, VSD
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by Kelly, mom to Ella from China with a congenital heart defect The decision to pursue a “special needs” adoption when we were ready to bring home our second daughter, our fifth child, was an easy one for us to make. In fact, we never even considered ‘getting back in line’ for a NSN (non-special …Read More
Homeland's XingFu Program
April 14, 2009
adoption situations, Agencies, Homeland, Stefanie
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Homeland Adoption Services has just received an invitation to place a large number of waiting children from Shanghai. Homeland’s clinical director, Nancy Reffsin, will be traveling there in a few weeks to see the children and gather information. Once she returns, the matching will begin. Families who wish to be considered for the children must …Read More
New list posted
April 13, 2009
Agencies, BAAS
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Bay Area Adoption Services (BAAS) has a new list of children posted on the Children Who Wait page.
Lifeline's current list
March 30, 2009
Lifeline, private lists
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Lifeline’s current list, with many new children, has just been posted over on the Children Who Wait page. Lifeline has 30 little ones on their list, contact karla@lifelineadoption.org if you’d like any more info 🙂
Tim
March 16, 2009
CCAI, Family Stories, older child adoption
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by Darlene, mom to Tim from China adopted as an older child Trust God Completely (Proverbs 3:5,6) Our story began in the fall of 2004. God had started to nudge my heart about adoption through circumstances that took place during this time. It seemed that I wanted to make sure He was leading me in …Read More
Mya Jian
March 4, 2009
ASD, CCAI, Family Stories, heart defect, VSD
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by Sara, mom to Mya Jian from China with ASD & VSD “Without it she wouldn’t be ours.” Her scar. Her badge of survival and hope. The 6″ line that runs the length of her chest. It’s unevenness & healed broken rib, a forever reminder. Without it, she wouldn’t be ours. I dreamed about a …Read More
New List
February 27, 2009
A Helping Hand, adoption situations
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Twelve kiddos posted to AHH’s private list! To read all about it, go to the Children Who Wait page.
Lizzie
February 19, 2009
amniotic band syndrome, clubfoot, Family Stories, Lifeline, limb difference, missing fingers/toes
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By Anne, mom to Lizzie from China with clubfoot and a limb difference We had talked about adoption for many years and had actually started the process for a non special needs, infant girl from Korea when we found out we were pregnant with our fourth child (first girl). We were thrilled about our first …Read More
News from Lifeline re: switching agencies
February 17, 2009
Agencies, CCAA, Lifeline
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New Information Regarding Switching Agencies February, 2009 Families, We have been reading all the new posts regarding switching agencies. This is an exciting opportunity for families to unite more quickly with their children. With this information we want all of you to know that Lifeline Children’s Services is prepared and willing to help families who …Read More
Claire
February 17, 2009
AHH, AWAA, Family Stories, mediasinal tumor
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by Keri, mom to Claire from China with a SN of mediastinal tumor I have hesitated to share our story because I feel some guilt including it in a ‘special need’ category. You see, we experienced a true miracle with our Claire. We were clients of AWAA on the NSN route knowing nothing about SN. …Read More
Aidan Hope
February 13, 2009
Family Stories, hearing loss, Living Hope, microtia, Sensory System
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by Tracy, mom to Aidan Hope from China with microtia When I was in 7th grade, I purchased a used book from our county’s Book-mobile service. It was called The Family That Nobody Wanted, by Helen Doss. It was the story of a young pastor’s wife, unable to bear her own biological children, who desired …Read More
Will
February 9, 2009
cl/cp, Family Stories, Lifelink
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By Gail, mother to William Michael with cleft lip and palate “I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”~Edward Everett Hale I am a mother to …Read More
Abby Grace
February 2, 2009
AWAA, cl/cp, Family Stories, heart defect
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By Jennifer, mother to Abby Grace from China with complex unrepaired heart condition and unrepaired bi-lateral cleft lip and palate In December of 2005 a little girl was born in the city of Ping Liang in GanSu Province China. A child that was not perfect in the eyes of man but perfect in the eyes …Read More
Susannah
January 30, 2009
AWAA, cl/cp, Family Stories, heart defect
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by Leslie, mother to Susannah from China with complex unrepaired heart defects and unrepaired cl/cp Our journey to Susannah began years ago as God was birthing the desire to adopt in both of our hearts. It is very hard to pinpoint a specific date as I can look back at so many moments when I …Read More
Tessa
January 22, 2009
anorectal malformation, Family Stories, imperforate anus, Lifeline
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By Diane, mom to Tessa from China with imperforate anus In October 2005, we were in the midst of our adoption paperwork for our daughter Tessa. We were with one agency, but I continued to check the special needs lists of other agencies. We knew that God had called us to a special needs adoption, …Read More
Isabella
December 9, 2008
CHSFS, cl/cp, Family Stories
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By Joan, mom to Isabella from China with cleft lip and palate My name is Joan and I am a single mom to two girls adopted from China with the help of Children’s Home Society & Family Services. Elizabeth is my oldest daughter and I traveled March of 2003 to bring her home. She was …Read More
Luke
December 9, 2008
CCAI, clubfoot, Family Stories, undescended testicle
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By Anne and Mike, parents of Luke from China with unrepaired clubfoot The Story of Luke Our trip to get Luke was one of the most significant 2 weeks of our lives. It is really true that you never know what you can do unless you are thrown into a situation. We are just your …Read More
Caleb
December 6, 2008
AGCI, cl/cp, Family Stories
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By Julia, waiting mom to Caleb in China with cleft lip and palate I clearly heard God calling our family to adopt years ago. I cried every time I heard or saw anything adoption related. I just knew that we were called to go somewhere to adopt someone. I didn’t know where, who, when or …Read More
Alayna
December 3, 2008
cl/cp, Family Stories, Living Hope
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By Kateri, mother of Alayna from China with cleft lip and palate I remember after Kyrsten was born, whenever someone would ask, David and I would firmly say “we’re done.” Troy and Kyrsten were only 22 months apart. And even though we both work full time, children are expensive. There would be no more Lambrose …Read More
Thomas and Eli
November 23, 2008
albinism, CCAI, Family Stories, Skin Conditions
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Q and A with Chris, mom to two children from China with Albinism What made you decide to pursue a child through the SN program? When we started looking at the adoption process, we thought filling out the Medical Conditions Checklist was something we were supposed to do as part of the application. When we …Read More
Naomi
November 20, 2008
AGCI, cl/cp, Family Stories
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By Sarah, mom to Naomi from China with cleft lip and palate Our family’s dossier was originally logged in to the CCAA on August 3, 2006, NSN. A long year had passed since that summer, and we received an email that would change our lives. Our agency, All God’s Children, International (AGCI), sent out a …Read More
Lainey
November 18, 2008
CCAI, cl/cp, Family Stories
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by Donna, mom to Lainey from China with cleft lip and cleft palate We began our adoption journey in March 06, becoming LID on 8/1/06. I began looking into the SN program before my husband was comfortable with it. But, after realizing it wasn’t as scary as he initially had built it up to be, …Read More
Josiah
October 20, 2008
AGCI, Family Stories, hemi-hypertrophy, limb difference, Orthopedic
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by Holly, mom to Josiah from China with a leg length discrepancy What made you decide to pursue a child through the SN program? We were called by God to adopt. It wasn’t anything we had really ever given any thought to before. It wasn’t that we were against it, it just wasn’t something that …Read More
Mia
October 20, 2008
Family Stories, FTIA, heart defect
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by Michelle, mom to Mia from China with Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects OUR ADOPTION STORY For this particular story, I will focus on our second adoption, which was a Special Needs adoption. But I only feel it appropriate to shed some light on our first experience with adoption. When we first decided to adopt, …Read More
Grace
October 20, 2008
Family Stories, HepB+, Infectious, Lifeline
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by Lisa, mom to Grace from China who is HepB+ My goodness. Where to begin. My husband and I were perfectly content with our life and the way our average sized family filled out our average sized home and average sized vehicle….life was sort of just bouncing along and then, there in my contented state, …Read More
Nicholas
October 20, 2008
cl/cp, Craniofacial, Family Stories, Small World
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by Samantha, mom to Nicholas from China with cleft lip and cleft palate My son Nicholas is 3 and we adopted him from China at 22 months old. He has a cleft lip and cleft palate. When he was 5 months old, he was transferred from Tianjin SWI to Langfang Children’s Village, part of the …Read More
Reese
October 20, 2008
birthmark, Family Stories, GWCA, Skin Conditions, Sturge Weber Syndrome, Vascular System
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by Monica, big sister to Reese, from China, who has Sturge-Weber Syndrome We originally were aiming to go to China for a NSN girl, as young as possible. As we were gathering paperwork, some friends called us and said, “you have to look at these kids on your agency’s waiting list”. We did, and found …Read More
