Looking outside my window, I see the Forbidden City. Wow, we are definately in China. I love this place. Mia and Chissy are doing well. Mia is having fun; we already went swimming first thing this morning (Friday in China).
We met some folks from Tenn. who are also here to adopt. They have waited 4 years to adopt a baby. It is very frustrating to know there are so many orphans and many folks who want to adopt but government policy and red tape keep the two apart. Not just in China but in so many countires. The good news in China is that because the adoption of babies has been slowed, many more older (2 and up) children are being adopted. It has taken us under a year to get to this point (with all our complaining about delays, you would think it took us much longer.)
We are off to an orphanage here in Beijing later today (if all our plans work out.) Chrissy says she knows how to post pictures and we will try.
Tommy
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cool! yes, too many children to adopt and so many people who want to but governments that make it difficult. in el salvador it takes six years to adopt a child. by that time the older children are gone from the orphanages and living on the streets. so sad. thanks for bringing awareness to this.
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