Little Qiu

This is a little girl in Hunan China.Her name is Hiu. She is an orphan and has a very complex heart condition. She is about Emily's age (my neice 3.5yrs) and is described as a sweet friendly girl. An American foundation called "Love Without Boundaries" is a non profit I have come to know very well in the last couple of years. Every now and again they have a child in URGENT need of a procedure. She is one of them RIGHT NOW AS I TYPE. Love without Boundaries has provided Medical care and fostering for orphans in China for a very long time and are highly regarded by China and the "adoption world" in China. In fact my friend who lives in China on her own money is carrying the torch near an area hit by the recent earthquake. They are not an adoption agency. I do know that many of these kiddos do gain enouph health to go on and be put up for adoption. I have a friend leaving in 8 days to go get a gorgeous little girl whi I helped ( just a little ) last year- Baby Ni. She is ALIVE and going to have a ling life and a family. It is a great feeling to see a little person you helped come home and enjoy a wonderful future with a family of their own. Anyway, I just donated 10.00 to the little girl above. I know it's not much but in China it goes a long way. We as a country are so blessed even with the economic struggles we have right now as a country, we live like kings compared to these people and Orphans asre just that, orphans!

If you want to learn more and donate , no amount is too little. Go to
www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/SponsorMedicalChild.cfm

Explanation of bottom two photos

ok- In all the excitement , I forgot to explain the bottom two pictures in that last post! ( I am BLONDE) . The one of the cute little ones at the Orphanage is significant. Jonah is the cutie on the left in the gold sweater taken in March. This is the picture I look at every day and hope he knows how much he will be loved. I pray he knows we will treat him like the little "emperor" he is. Right now it is Thursday in China and he is probably at school with his best friend Jin Pei. I hope they know they will always be in touch... that that part of their lives will not change. Then I realized that we will tell him ourselves in just a few short weeks!
OK- the pic above that one is of me answering the all important email asking for our consulate date! In the adoption world, that's like officially going into labor!! So........ for anyone thinking adoption is easier than pregnancy......think again!!
I am feeling so many emotions right now my head is spinning and my heart is just beating so fast it feels like it's going to POP out of my chest! Thank you all my friends and family for loving Jonah too. You have no idea how much we treasure you ALL.

Our" big news" day

Well, it was the day we had been waiting for ! We got TA ( Travel Approval from China) and guess what? No one was home to go crazy with me except the babies so we had a party in our own little "Private Idaho" and sat on Jonah's bed to celebrate!! Here are a few pictures of our little celebration as we got our big news! I am one blessed Momma today and I am so grateful for ALL of my children!!

WE HAVE TRAVEL APPROVAL

WE HAVE TRAVEL APROVAL!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE COVETED PIECE OF PAPER FROM CHINA THAT SAYS "COME GET YOUR CHILD!!!" WE ARE OVER THE MOON!WE ARE PLANNING ON LEAVING FIRST OF JULY !!

WE HAVE THE HONOR OF KNOWING JONAH'S BEST FRIEND IN HIS ORPHANAGE-WELL THROUGH HIS ADOPTIVE PARENTS TO BE!!! THIS PICTURE IS JIN PEI AND JONAH. THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE BABIES !! THEY WILL LIVE A MERE 600 MILES AWAY FROM US AND WE ARE ALREADY PLANNING GET TOGETHERS!!