As we get set to head off to China and ultimately Guangzhou to meet and fold Jadon into our family we have been anxious for any information we can get. We heard from the family who are also adopting an 8 year old son from Shenzhen Social Welfare Center that Jadon is indeed a friend of this family's Chinese son. She also discovered that Jadon is involved in all English learning two days a week in the school that Half the Sky Foundation runs. This hopefully means that he will have a fair amount of English and be able to interact with us. It also hopefully means that he is somewhat accustomed to "western" school and will have fewer problems adjusting to school here.
We also discovered that the English name he has gone by at the school is York. We are wondering if this is so that the children will get practice using "r" and "k" sounds since they do not exist in Mandarin. Perhaps he will learn to speak without an accent (other than a Midwest one).
He has expressed some fear of storms (and tornadoes in particular...who isn't afraid of tornadoes?) which seems pretty normal. We were pleased to hear that he is not afraid to express fears. He should fit right in to our family!
I'm so excited to follow your journey! Can't wait for China postings. We are hoping to travel in the fall sometime. Soak up every minute!
ReplyDeleteJennifer Vinyard
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Isn't it wonderful how the Lord blesses beyond what we could think of or imagine? The fact that Jadon will have a friend of his adopted by another family in America, living in close proximity is truely God's perfect hand of provision.
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