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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Update!

Tonight-- Sunday night-- I sat down to plough through the large stack of mail and paperwork on my desk and found, to my surprise, and envelope from our agency! We have an update on the baby-- and the great news that she is not in the orphanage, but is in the care of a foster family. We have details now of where she was found (and will hold that information quietly, for Phoebe and us). We hear that she eats porridge, rice, noodles, eggs, fish, meat, vegetables, and fruit. She can giggle, "behave excitedly when she sees food", "move her limbs freely when she is happy." The report of her abilities leaves off at 10 months, when "her amount of exercise, form of exercise and psychological activities all had great leaps." Oh, good. Good, good.


There was another great surprise. We were contacted by an organization in Spain run by volunteers who have put together a child sponsorship program, where families sponsor a child in a Chinese orphanage. Our daughter is one of their sponsored children! We keep a picture on our refrigerator of a little girl in Zimbabwe whom we sponsor, in the hopes that she has food, clothing, and education that she otherwise wouldn't have. And now I find out that our Phoebe's picture is probably up on someone's refrigerator in Spain. Imagine that. Adopchina has e-mailed this picture already, from last September, when she was seven months old. Look closely, I might be wrong here, but I think she's sitting on a potty chair with her pants cut out under her! This might be the earliest picture of Phoebe that we'll have. So often the past for children who have been adopted is lost. Their life before their adoption is one with many questions but no answers. Suddenly I have the hopes of knowing more about her-- whom she was with, what she looked like, when she learned what. What a tremendous gift to our child! Adopchina said they may have more photos and videos, and I've asked if it is possible to connect with her sponsors to thank them for taking care of our baby. Stand by, we'll keep you posted on more.

2 comments:

  1. All around great news! So wonderful she is with a foster family and yes, what an absolute gift to hopefully get details about her first year of life from the sponsor. What a cutie :)

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