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!

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Please help 10 orphans in need of surgery!

I’d like to bring your attention to a cause dear to my heart, as we look forward to soon bringing home our daughter from China. “Love Without Boundaries” is a non-profit dedicated to saving the lives of Chinese orphans in need of urgent care.

A few weeks ago a hacker took down LWB's website, which has caused considerable negative impact on their revenue. The website has been rebuilt, but is still a work in progress. At the same time of the hacker’s damage, a Facebook challenge has been taking place that can help offset the financial setback LWB has suffered. The lives of orphans in need of urgent surgery are in the balance.

The challenge is to charities that can garner the highest amount of individual donors. Gifts can be as affordable as just $10. The challenge ends on Feb 1st at Noon. Please receive my heartfelt gratitude for considering this opportunity to make a difference! You can learn about LWB and the challenge at http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/

UPDATE: Thanks be to God! Love Without Boundaries won the $50K prize by 44 donations. It was oh so close. Many orphans in need of urgent medical care will now receive treatment! Thanks to all who particpated!

Posted by TwinCitiesGal at 8:52 PM

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