This is a story about our little prince, "Jonathan Wang Jian", a handsome little boy, who lives far away in Inner Mongolia, China; bordering the mountains, grasslands and the Gobi desert. It is a story of a young boy, who plays and lives amongst his friends and nannies...........................the only family he has ever known. This is a story of a sweet, intelligent boy, born with bilateral foot differences.....yet determined to walk and run.......his little feet likely the reason he was orphaned. This story includes the sad reality that in many countries, birth families are frequently unable to provide the medical and rehabilitative care thier babies will need to lead independent lives. This is our heartfelt compassion for the selfless birth parents, who face the greatest pain they will ever know........ to relinquish themselves as parents so their tiny babies can get the desperate care they need. These are our unspoken prayers to every birth family who aches. ...... And this is a story of our brave little " Mongolian Warrior Prince", who leaves his own set of unique footprints............ just beyond the Great Wall.

Dear Little Jonathan Wang Jian, we dream of the day we can hold you in our arms and call you our forever son. By the grace of God, you will soon know what it means to have a family of your very own.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

From Baotou SWI

This is the post parents who wait to adopt a child from Baotou is waiting for!  We dedicated the entire day to visiting Baotou, and doing evaluations on 22 children there.  One child was not present because he was in Beijing.


Our drive to Baotou went very fast for me, because I sat in the back, preparing basic evaluation sheets on each child, whom I intended to see.  Attaching their special needs, dates of births, waiting parents names, consumed much of my ride.  When you ride with a driver in China, its often a good idea to be engrossed in something else, to prevent utter fear and nervous breakdown :)  Wang jian happily played in the back seat with Susan's daughter, filling the van with laughter, singing, and giggling:)

When we reached our Baotou SWI destination, we were greeted outside by the nannies and the directors.  Since Susan and I worked there before, our reception was extremely warm, welcoming, with plenty of hugs.  Wang Jian ran from woman to woman hugging and telling them all about his new family. Wang Jian took Ying Ying (Susan"s daughter) for the grand tour. Right before breakfast, Steve and the kids came into the room where we were assessing the kids.  We looked up and laughed to see both Ying Ying and Wang Jian wearing orphanage dinning aprons.  Needless to say, the kids got to have dinner with all Wang Jian's friends.  I think the nannies enjoyed this, as did Steve.  Apparently Steve made some connections with the kids, and had them laughing at silly antics.

We took a break from assessing the kids at lunch time and were treated to a traditional Mongolian Hot Pot meal in a Yurt establishment on the outskirts of town. During the meal, we were entertained by vocalist and string musicians.





















After a full lunch, it was back to therapy evaluations and gathering as much data for parents as we could cram into one work day.  It was sad to say good bye to Xui Yu and we both became teary eyed.  Wang Jian gave hugs, but was very focused on getting back onto the bus with his forever family and new friend. We may have said goodbye, but I hope to remain passionate about getting them forever mommies and daddies to tuck them at night.
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  1. CindyMay 21, 2012 at 7:15 PM

    What a special day! Love hearing of Wang showing his friend around and putting the dinning aprons on ready for dinner :)) And of course especially love the pictures of all the beautiful children! Thanks so much...

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