We've found our daughter! She's our ONE in a Billion!
We have been matched with a lovely special needs six-year old girl living in Wuhan City in Hubei Province, China! Please understand that we started this journey with the intent to adopt a "non-special needs" 12-month old or younger! If you want to make God laugh - tell Him your plans!!!! We see His perfect Wisdom in prompting us to embrace the delightful 6 -year old JunFen as our daugther! What an incredible gift! Our little daughter, JunFen, has a smile that melts our hearts. She seems so wise, funny and resilient for her young age! She is challenged with congenital scoliosis and has repaired cleft lip & palate. It's obvious her physical challenge is not what defines her when you look at her photos and read a bit about her life.
She was found in a park on September 10, 2001. We believe that her mom placed JunFen in a place where she would quickly be found. JunFen was taken by police to Wuhan City Child Welfare Institution. Her DOB is approximated to be September 1, 2001. She was not able to get adequate nutrition as a babe because of her cleft palate. When she was 10 months old she was placed in a foster home where she received the extra TLC she needed to grow "plump" (our translated letter reads) and to thrive. She is described as talkative, energetic, having rich facial expressions and is independent. We hope that we meet all of her biological mom's dreams for her little girl and then some. We also hope to stay in contact with the dear foster family that has nurtured her so wonderfully.
Other things we know about our JunFen -
Favorite activity: playing outside
Favorite toy: doll
Favorite food: fish
She speaks a Southwestern dialect of Mandarin Chinese. Most likely she speakes a Wuhanese dialect at her foster home.
We are over the moon in love with our girl! God is good - we are overwhelmed with gratitude for the gift of JunFen ("June").
We can't wait to bring her home!
8 comments:
Saw your post on RQ about congential scoliosis, but I am not a member there so I couldn't reply. We came home last May with our 13 mo old daughter that, among other things, has congential scoliosis. She is a joy and the light of our lives! You can email me at gnc86@yahoo and I can tell you what we know about our daughter's condition and treatment options.
Congratulations on your beautiful daughter!
Blessings,
Cristy
Hi-
I wanted to post a congratulations to you on your lovely new daughter... I also have a "Jun"... (My daughter was WanJun and is now EvaJun)
She looks to be a darling girl and I wish you a speedy TA!
Wow! Congratulations on your precious little girl. I will pray for your speedy travels!
Marcy
(LID 3-23-07)
Congratulations! JunFen is adorable!
She looks like a real sweetheart! We adopted an almost 6 yr old from China last year and things have gone wonderfully. Best wishes for a speedy LOA and TA!
congrats on your beautiful daughter...we met our daughter in Wuhan two years ago..you will love the city : )
Hi, I saw your announcement on RQ and want to say Congrats!!! I just got home in May with my second daughter Ella. She is also from Wuhan Children's and she has a repaired cleft lip. We live in St Paul MN with my older daughter Elizabeth. Ella's name in China was Wu Shuang Zhi. Elizabeth's name in China was Huang Shi Ping. I am very happy for you guys!
Joan and the girls.
I just stumbled on your blog and was surprised to see that your daughter is in the same orphanage as our daughter. Also, our daughter is actually only three months younger than your daughter. We just began our journey to bring her home but we are so excited. I would love to connect with you. We are from IL. You can email us at littlehelper28@yahoo.com.
Lisa and Mike
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