This Week's Waiting Kids!

Update! Sara has found her family! Thank you, JESUS!

Hi everyone! I want to focus on one precious little blessing this week.

This is adorable Jonathan! He is with BAAS, and is about 18 months old. Oh my goodness! He must be a very, very, very sunshiney little blessing! Just look at those pictures! Here's what's written about him:

Updated report on Jonathan (December 2010):

Jonathan was born in October of 2009. His special needs are cleft lip and palate; hernia. He is being cared for at the Half Sky program.
His weight is 7.30kg, height is 71cm, and his head size is 46cm. His chest size is 46cm, and his number of teeth is 6.

He can sit on his own, stand holding onto something and take steps holding hands with someone. He is bright, curious and good-natured. He loves to smile and communicate with others. He understands instructions and loves to listen to music.

Jonathan is from Luke's orphanage (and just as a side note, that orphanage was very good about corresponding with us when we asked through care packages). He is so young! He could be adopted and grow up with an earthly family (because Jesus is our Father, of course, if we ask him into our heart) and hopefully know his Heavenly Father!

Please pray for Jonathan.

Pray that, if it's in God's Will, to please give this beautiful child a family.

Please pray and ask God if this little guy or another orphan might be your child.

Pray for any families that might be considering Jonathan; pray that God will give them wisdom and confirmation on whether this is their child or someone else's, and pray that he will give them courage to face whatever the adoption of a beautiful orphan may bring.

Please pray that Jonathan will come to know Jesus very early on in his life so he can share The Good News with those around him; nannies, children in the orphanage, and everyone else he knows.

Pray that He will help Jonathan if he is bullied or looked down on, and ask Him to help Jonathan to have courage and endurance and hope through HIM throughout the time he is in the orphanage.

Please pray and ask Him to help Jonathan battle his special needs and keep him safe, blessed, and provided for, and that he will stay healthy and have the best care possible.

Please pray for all the orphans, in China and other countries, all the people who need HIM, that they will be blessed and provided for and protected and that they will know Him.

Please pray for the new Christians and the missionaries and pastors in other countries to have faith, courage, hope, love, protection, provision, and blessings in their life and that they will be very, very, VERY close to God.

Blessings,
Joy :)

This Week's Waiting Kids! :)

All of these BEAUTIFUL children are two and under, most from BAAS and some from Lifeline.


First is sweet Howard, who is a year old, about to be two in May. He's with BAAS. Here's what's written about him:




Howard was born in May of '09. He has repaired cleft lip and un-repaired cleft palate. He is described as an active and bright child with a ready smile.


Next is adorable Jenna, who is also with BAAS and is almost a year old. Here's what's written about her:




Jenna was born in March of 2010. Her special need is postoperative congenital anal atresia. She had surgery in May of 2010 and received “rectovestibullar fistula repair and anoplasty” under GA and the surgery was successful. At present she recovered well and defecates normally. In November of 2010 she had a complete physical exam. The final diagnosis about her: rectovestibullar fistula repair, postoperative congenital anal atresia, congenital deformed cranium: absent callosum, foliaceous holoprosencephaly, dilation of cella lateralis. At present Jenna has plump face, red lips and fair skin, and she looks lovely.




Now she has good physical development, has 2 teeth, can roll over, can raise her head, can walk alone quite steadily, has some grasping ability, can grasp the small toys near hand, can visually follow moving people, can respond when her name called and will shake her head to express refusal when others give her the food she does not like.


This is precious John, who's a year old and is also with BAAS. I am not completely sure he is available, but, here's what's written about him:

John was born in May of '09. His special needs are cleft palate and repaired cleft lip and HBV carrier. John is a lovely boy with good appetite and ready smile.

This is cutie Anthony, who is almost two. He is also with BAAS. Here's what's written about him.

Anthony was born in March of '09. He has albinism. He is a lovely boy who likes to play with his own hands.

This is beautiful Lily, who will be three in a little less than a month. She is with BAAS. Here's what's written about her:

Lily was born in Febuary of '09. Her special needs are post operative congenital heart disease (valvular pulmonary stenosis); severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears; tympanitis and mastoiditis in both ears. Lily's current height is 73.5cm, weight is 10.5kg, head size is 44cm and chest size is 50cm.



She lives at the orphanage right now and her physical development is good. She can sit, stand and walk on her own. She can only say Ma Ma. She likes to be with people she knows, and likes to play with other children. She is a bright and lovely child.

This is adorable Phil, who is going to be three in about a month, also. He is also with BAAS. Here's what's written about him:

Phil was born in Febuary of '09. He has albinism. He lives with a foster family and is very attached to his foster mother.

This is precious Sean, who is two. He is with BAAS. Here's what's written about him:

Sean was born in October of '08. He has β thalassemia. He lives with a foster family and is an active and bright boy.

This is beautiful Ting, with BAAS, who will be three in less than three months. Here's what's written about her:

Ting was born in March of '08. Her special needs are postoperative anaplasty of crossfoot in both sides, dislocation of hip joint in both sides. Ting had surgery on September 17th of 2010. The surgery was basically successful. However she still cannot walk after the surgery.



She cannot sit as steadily as before the surgery and will need to rest just sitting for a little while. The orphanage took her back to the hospital for recheck and was told the surgery was not a problem but it would take a while to recover.

This is cutie Zane, from BAAS, who is two. Here's what's written about him:

Zane was born in October of '08. He had CHD: aortic stenosis (mild to moderate), VSD (perimembranous part), PDA, pulmonary stenosis, permanent left superior vena cava, and anomalous muscle band of right ventricle.



In March of 2010 he received aortoplasty, valvuloplasty of pulmonary valve, VSD repair and ligation of ductus arteriosus under GA CPB. The surgery was successful. After operation his general condition was good. He is being cared for at the Philip Hayden Foundation. He is a lovely and active little boy.

This is precious Zachary who is two, and is with Lifeline.

Zachary has CHD. Look at that smile! :)

This is adorable Joseph, who is two and is with Lifeline.

Joseph has scoliosis, and also has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

This is cutie David, who is two, and is with Lifeline.

David has "deformed left forearm and left hand bilaterla oblique inguinal hernia." He has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

This is precious Michael, who is two, and is with Lifeline.

Michael has CHD. Sweet Michael has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

Next is adorable Jeremy, who is one and a half and with Lifeline.

Jeremy has a meningocele. This little beam of sunshine also has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

This is cutie Christopher, who is one and a half. He, too, is with Lifeline.

Christopher has Post Operative Spina Bifida, umbilical hernia. He also has a $1,500 grant with Lifeline.

Please pray for these kids. Some of them with the more major SN's, such as CHD, B Thalassemia and such really need to get out of China to get good care. If you want more info on them, leave a comment with your email and after I read it, I won't publish it, for your privacy. :) Also, someone left me a comment requesting information on sponsoring some children that I had on a post, but they left no way of contact for me. Can you please leave me a comment with your email? Thank you! :) If anyone wants to sponsor, let me know and I can get some info to you! Just leave a comment with your email address, and, again, I will not publish it after reading.

A quote for you today:

"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is writing a love story to the world."

-Mother Teresa

Jesus loves you!

Blessings,

Joy :)

This Week's Waiting Kids!

So today, I want to focus on two kids, both from BAAS.


This is adorable Johnathan, from BAAS, who has cleft lip and palate.



He is from Luke's orphanage and is being cared for by Half the Sky. Look at that smile!! He was born in October '09. His special needs are cleft lip and palate; hernia. Here's what's written about him:


He can sit on his own, stand holding onto something and take steps holding hands with someone. He is bright, curious and good-natured. He loves to smile and communicate with others. He understands instructions and loves to listen to music.




On his original file, he could do things like locate a sound or voice and visually follow moving toys,

and was described as active, restless, quick-reacting, impatient sometimes, and closest to his caretaker. He also was described as having a ready smile.

This is precious Kai, who is six. Here's what's written about him.

Kai was born in April of '04. He was admitted to the SWI in April of 2010. He is fond of communicating with others. Under excellent care and nursing of the staff and live together for several days, he adapts to the environment in a short time. While being familiar with the caregivers and children, he is outgoing, has strong ability of imitating, likes playing games with the other children, often sweeps the floor with a small besom, helping the caregivers to tidy the toys and baby walkers.



He is very helpful, restless and active, intelligent and fond of study, knows the number of 1-10, can count from 1 to 100, knows the addition within 10, can write his own name down. He is fond of communicating with caregivers, often runs and jumps with his fellow friends, and has enthusiasm for learning. He accepts to new things fast, can help his fellow friends, quick in reaction, lively and outgoing personality. He has strong self-care ability and is able to dress, sweep the floor, mop the floor, do the dishes, fold up his quilt all by himself. He is fond of meat and candy.





So, if you haven't figured it out already, Kai was given to his orphanage somewhere around his sixth birthday. Very sad. :( It seems as if he's adapted very well, though. Don't you think he'd be a wonderful, easy going, sweet, smart little boy?


Keep these kids in your prayers, please! I've got a few blog posts coming up! I just have to proof and schedule them!


Blessings,
Joy :)

This Week's Waiting Kids!

Hi everyone! Starting off this week, there's a little girl with beta Thalassemia, whom I will be referring to as "Min". Here's what's written about adorable little Min.

She's thought about by the people on the Thalassemia group, but hasn't been mentioned elsewhere. I looked at her file the end of October 2009, but had to decline. We found our daughter 2 weeks later, but I still think about this little girl's adorable smile. The Thalasemia group is a wonderful resource and they find Thal a manageable special need. She disappeared off the shared list for a while but has been back since May.




One of the Thal moms knows her foster family (her son was with them, but they were not there at the same time.) Her agency sent her Min's file so that she could advocate for her. She is listed on the shared list as not walking but if you read the file she was walking - just as an older toddler. β-thalassemia, slow motor development (can’t walk), slow physical development (height couldn’t reach the standard)

This is precious Ellie, from Madison. She is ten. (I could not get a pic of Ellie to paste here) Some things written about her:

Ellie has "poor eyesight and slightly introversive of right foot". After admission, Ellie can say “hello, brother, hello aunty”, etc. point out differentbody parts: eyes, ear, mouth etc. say the sentences that make up by 3-5 words, but notclear enough, for example “Sister, time to eat”,etc. At the age of 4 years, she’s able toread children’s songs, answer simple questions, talk with teachers and classmatesactively to express her mind or requirements. In terms of receptivity, she’s able toclassify things with different functions, count fingers and say the number from one toten, or tell out the sum total. On Aug.1 2005, she was fostered by a family and could getused to the new environment, get along with family members. At present, she isstudying in grade two of the elementary school near to her home, she’s poor tounderstand the knowledge that teachers taught. But she’s polite to others, respects theelder people and everyone likes her. Ellie is an active and outgoing girl. She’s able to walk with holding her one handat the age of 1year and two months, walk alone with normal gait at the age of 1.5years, but tilt to the right. At the age of 3 years, she’s able to put on or take off clothes, shoesetc. do some work within her ability, such as: clear away the toys that she played. At theage of 4 years, she’s able to run, tilt to the right obviously, fond of playing on the slidingboard, had flexible and quick actions, able to feed herself food, wash her face, brushher teeth, put on and take off clothes, shoes, socks, go to washroom. Presently she cando some housework, like: sweeping the floor, wipe the table, clear away her personal stuffs and clean her dormitory, and wash clothes. She can fold the quilt neatly after getting up every morning.


This is cutie Jimmy, from FTIA's JOH program. He was just recently added to the list because at the time of the program, his paperwork wasn't finished being processed. Here's what's written about him:






Jimmy is 9 years old and has a mild developmental delay. He was brought to the orphanage at age 8 and now lives in foster care. He is in special education class but is close to other children his age. He can read simple Chinese characters. He likes riding bikes and any games that involve a ball. He is quiet, gets along well with others, and is introverted mostly when around strangers; otherwise he is a friendly and active young boy. He can take care of himself and will help the other children. You can see him performing in this video, along with Flower and Marc.

This is precious John, from BAAS. John is about 18 months old.




His special needs are cleft palate and repaired cleft lip; HBV carrier.




John is a lovely boy with good appetite and ready smile.

And those who need to be sponsored:

Brent,







Melissa,


Gunner,


and Melanie!


Check out my advocacy website, Waiting on Their Family. If you want more info on sponsoring or any of the children who need to be adopted, leave a comment with your email address. After reading, I will not publish the comment for your privacy. :) As always, please keep these children in your prayers, and also keep my bloggy friend Emma in your prayers as she, her dad, and several people on their mission team head to Uganda! You can read about Emma's trip here.

Blessings!
Joy :)

This Week's Waiting Kids!

Hi everyone!

Starting off this week, a few children who need to be sponsored.

Brent

Ethan

Gunner

and Isabella.

Leave a comment with your email for more info. If your email is included, I won't publish it after reading for your privacy. :)

This is beautiful Sue, From BAAS.

Sue was born in March of '08. She has complicated congenital heart disease: Complex congenital deformities
DORV; TGA;VSD ventricular both-way shunt; PDA;Discontinuous echo in middle of AS; PFO?;Situs transversus atrium;Pulmonary valve stenosis;Mitral regurgitation (slight);Tricuspid regurgitation (slight); Sue entered the grandmother program sponsored by "Half Sky Foundation" at seven months old.



The grandmother often takes her out and talks with her. Her development is delayed compared with others. She has routine life under excellent care, and has normal defecation and urination, and at the age of 5 months, she can smile when being teased, and at the age of 8 months, she can roll over and at the age of 12 months, she can sit alone and can walk with one hand held.



Her language development is delayed compared with others, and she can understand the simple directions, but she seldom expresses herself using language, and when she is happy she will say bao, bao, xie, hao.



She is introverted, timid, and has a strong sense of self-protection when she is with strangers. She has strong imitating ability and learning ability and is bright.
She is happy to stay with her caretaker. She likes to read books and listen to music. She claps her hands when listening to music, and she likes to play hide and seek game.

And this is adorable MeiMei, also from BAAS.



Meimei was born on 10-27-2003. She has Dwarfism.



She goes to school and loves to sing, dance and read. She is friendly and self-sufficient.

This is precious Cora, from AAC.



Cora is a darling little two year old. Her caretakers say that she is very clever. She likes watching TV and playing with toys but prefers to play with other children. Cora is developmentally on track. She is independant, feeds herself and is potty trained. One of Cora's eyes is underdeveloped. It is small and set back. She can see fine through her other eye though.

And this is sweet Megan, also from AAC.



Little Megan was born in April, '05. She is outgoing and likes to run, jump and play with other children. Her cleft lip and plate have been reparied and she has recoved from it well. She is developmentally on track and doing well in kindergarten.

And this is cutie Braden, also from AAC.



This cute little guy was born in September of '09. He is active, social and curious. His caregivers adore him. Braden was born with cleft lip and palate and is a hepatitus b carrier. He also has a black birthmark on the back of his head. He has no other medical conditions and Braden's physical and intelectual development are normal.

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much at all. I've got some posts in mind, but I like to get my waiting child posts done first! For now I'll leave you with this. :)

The Waiting Child by Debbie Bodie (From my friend's advocacy blog, Still We Wait.)
I saw you meet your child today.
You kissed your baby joyfully, and as you walked away with her I played pretend you'd chosen me. I'm happy for the baby, yet inside I'm aching miserably I want to plead as you go by, "Does no-one want a child of three?"
I saw you meet your child today. In love with her before you met, and as I watched you take her out I knew it wasn't my turn yet. I recognize you from last year! I knew I'd seen your face before! But you came for a second babe. Does no-one want a child of four? I saw you meet your child today, but this time there was something new. A nurse came in and took MY hand and then she gave my hand to you. Can this be true? I'm almost eight! And there are infants here, you see? But then you kissed me and I knew. The child you picked this time was me.

This Week's Waiting Kids!

This week I want to start out with some children who need to be sponsored.

Bill,

Gunner,

Brent,

Isabella,

Melissa,




Melanie,



and Shanna.



All of these children above need to be sponsored. For more information(and some of these children have sponsor packets set up and ready to go through another bloggy advocate), leave a comment with your email address. Note: I will not publish your comment after reading it if it has your email included, for your privacy. :)


This is sweet Lily, with BAAS. Lily turned two in September.




Her special needs are post operative congenital heart disease (valvular pulmonary stenosis); severe sensorineural hearing loss in both ears; tympanitis and mastoiditis in both ears. Lily's current height is 73.5cm, weight is 10.5kg, head size is 44cm and chest size is 50cm. She lives at the orphanage right now and her physical development is good. She can sit, stand and walk on her own. She can only say Ma Ma. She likes to be with people she knows, and likes to play with other children. She is a bright and lovely child.


This is cutie Jade, also with BAAS. She is ten. She was admitted into the SWI in April of 2000. She had cleft lip only and had surgery in December of 2000. Jade loves performing. She is friendly, outgoing and is very much liked by her teachers.




This is adorable Jeremy, from Lifeline. He is a year 1/2 old. He has a $1,500 grant available.



Jeremy has a meningocele.


And this is precious Joseph, from Lifeline. He is two. There is a $1,500 grant available for adopting Joseph, also.



His special need is scoliosis.

And this is beautiful Marissa. Marissa is my age(11), and was born a day before me!



She was listed and found a family with an agency last summer. When the CCAA decided that all files had to be returned and start the shared list, her found family could not proceed with her adoption and the agency sent her file back to CCAA. Don't know the circumstances of why the family could not proceed after having started an adoption for her. In her video that was available at the agency (CWA who will now not share the video), she sang a beautiful song, laughed, and seemed like such a wonderful girl. (From one of my mom's adoption friends)



She's also described as "just awesome!" :)

This is smiley Drew, from AAC. He is seven.



This sweet child is seven years old. He has cerebral palsy. He has some issues with walking. When we met Drew he was using crutches to get around, but he told us that he preferred a push walker. He is currently participating in physical therapy and doctors think that there is a good chance that he may be able to walk on his own some day.



He has good cognitive skills, however, he does have some catching up to do. Drew is a very imaginative boy. He likes to play outdoors. He also said that he likes to do his homework because the teacher gives them a treat!

And this is adorable John Wayne. John is two.



The following is from Ms. Donna of Eagle's Wings: He is 2 years old (April 2008). He was born with spina bifida and a club foot. The SB was repaired at about 6 months (I don't have those details). While I was his momma I had his club foot serial casted by China Care in Beijing. Awesome people. He was in Beijing for almost 6 months and while there fostered by a Canadian teacher and her daughter. Talk about great treatment! His foot healed nicely and he started to walk. (I think I read on a post from Ms. Donna that he is now running and jumping!)



Since being back at our foster home in his home city he has had some ups and downs with his foot. But he is still active and walking, nothing seems to keep him down. He is in a brace at night, and will be until he is about 5 yrs. He needs a family who can get him home fast and get great care for his foot. He is a terrific kid, I love him to bits.

If you are interested in any of these children or in sponsoring or advocating, leave a comment with your email. As Christmas is drawing near...remember the kids who don't have a big tree with presents, or a family to read them the Christmas story, or a stocking that can be stuffed with goodies. Keep them in your prayers this Christmas, please!

Blessings, Joy :)
Merry Christmas!