When Liang and JiaNan were babies, they lived together in the Shantou Social Welfare Institute in Guangdong province. At one and two years of age, they were adopted by two Dutch families and now live in the Netherlands. These talented boys have discovered a passion for music and are using their musical talents to help babies at their former home in Shantou.
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This past week, I had the good fortune to celebrate Chinese New Year with my daughter’s third grade class. I read the stories Ruby’s Wish and Sam and the Lucky Money to the children. We also made paper lanterns festooned with riddles in the tradition of the Lantern Festival that is celebrated on the 15th day of every new year. There was a lot of giggling as my daughter’s classmates simulated a lantern parade and tried to guess the answer to such riddles as: What animal has its own built in shower? (Answer: An elephant)!
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“I love the child I sponsor through Love Without Boundaries so much I want to know how I can send her or him a birthday present!”
One question that volunteers of Love Without Boundaries are asked frequently is how to send a birthday present to a sponsored child. Sponsors of children become quite attached to the child they receive quarterly reports of in a year. Sponsors pray for these children, hope for adoptive families for these children and above all desire that their sponsored child feel especially loved.
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In China, once an orphan turns 14. he or she is no longer eligible for adoption. Last August, we featured two children on our blog who were approaching this age — LiQu and Bonnie. At this time, LWB’s Orphanage Assistance Director, Suzanne Damstedt (seen in these photos), had already decided to pursue her adoption of Bonnie and has just recently returned home from adopting her! Suzanne is the mother of nine, and Bonnie is her third daughter from China. While she was in China to adopt Bonnie, Suzanne had the opportunity to meet Bonnie’s friend LiQu and was touched by his desire to be adopted as well. Every day that brings LiQu closer to 14 takes him a little farther away from finding a family of his own.
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What’s not to love about this adorable photo from our orphanage assistance program? Thanks to some wonderful donors, we were able to send new clothing to the babies and children in this orphanage. Doesn’t it look like “the girls” are checking out each other’s new clothing?
Last year, we posted some of our very favorite photos from 2009 (and believe us when we tell you that choosing favorites from among the thousands of adorable photos we get is no easy task!) We then asked friends of LWB to choose their favorites from among our favorites. Now we would like to share each photo that made our Top Ten Photos of 2009 list once again so you can see which photos stood out from the crowd.
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it’s Christmas. - Dale Evans Rogers
Sadie from Fuyang Foster Care in Anhui is warm and cozy in her new coat, courtesy of the Coats for Kids program — tangible evidence of love in action.
Brrrrrrr….China can be so cold in the winter! Isn’t it comforting to think of Jayda and these other rosy-cheeked children from Fuyang Foster Care bundled up in their cozy new coats? The children’s coats were purchased by donations to the Coats for Kids program. Not only are the coats warm, but some had hoods that came complete with animal ears…and in one case, a trunk!
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Micah has grown so big that he barely fits onto the scale for his monthly weigh-in! When you consider that he had purulent meningoencephalitis when he arrived at the Deyang orphanage in Sichuan province, it’s especially wonderful to see him looking so rosy and robust. Thanks to the good care and nutrition Micah has received there, this ten-month old is obviously flourishing. According to his nannies, he really enjoys his formula and, unlike some of the other babies, waits for it patiently with a big smile on his face. In fact, they say that Micah is a chubby, content and funny boy who loves to smile — just not when he’s involved with the serious business of being weighed!
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How familiar you are with celebrities from other parts of the world? Can you guess which movie star this beauty from our Nutrition program looks like? We’ve been told that Minnie bears a strong resemblance to a Korean movie star — so much so that her nannies call her “our Korean beauty”. From the looks of things, Minnie has the makings of a star and is milking it for all that it’s worth!
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