It is beginning to feel very real!! We are traveling very soon.
In an attempt to become more prepared to welcome Jadon into the family we sought out a Yahoo Discussion group of families who have adopted children from the same area from which Jadon is coming. It is amazing what can be learned in such a short time through connections with like-minded people. Through this group today we were contacted by another family who is anxious to receive their TA to go and get their 8-year old son from the same Orphanage. There is even the possibility that Jadon is friends with this family's son. Wouldn't that be incredible. We don't live that terribly far apart either.
The orphanage in which Jadon has lived for the past 3 years has programs run by Half the Sky Foundation (see picture along with classroom from inside). For more information about that group you may visit www.halfthesky.org. Since he has almost certainly been in their program we are excited because they are commited to preparing children to go to forever families. They are set up in a family atmosphere, use Chinese and Western educational methods to provide the best enrichment possible, help prepare children by using English names and helping them to write them, and we have reason to believe that he has at least been exposed to English--which would be great for his sake (and ours). In addition, since he is in their program once we have returned home we may request that we receive all the progress reports and information that they have on Jadon. It will be great to help make sure that these years of his life don't just disappear.
Stay tuned for more.
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