Photos of JunFen at Wuhan Children's Welfare Institute

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!

Thursday, October 18, 2007

It's becoming more real


This blog spot has helped us assimilate what is happening! We truly will be parents to a beautiful Wuhan girl on the other side of the world.

Right now I'm listening to a Mandarin CD that has phrases of comfort and practicality to learn for adopting. In fact, I just heard the Mandarin for "pee-pee" - this may be good to learn for our long plane ride!

Jerry and I are overwhelmed at the emails expressing support from folks around the world - even from Holland! It seems our little JunFen has become an ambassador for special needs older child adoption - primarily through her smile that simply melts hearts!

Grateful and still floating!!! The photo is one of many we are saving of Wuhan. Such a huge metropolitan area - we had never heard of! It has a rich ancient history and is also one of the "modern" cities so quickly developing - way bigger than the Twin Cities. We wonder if our little one is being fostered in the city...and will she soon be placed in the orphanage until we get her? We're aching to hug her and to provide her the most loving home and family we can!

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