A Slice of Orphanage Life
August 22, 2011
Lunch time at the SWI...notice the Chinese nanny technique (and spoon size) versus the American missionary's!
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It's fundraising Friday again and I thought today I would offer up some resources on adoption grant and subsidy programs. I encourage ... -
Well true to travel form Kiefer and I made it to Ust... ...a day late and a playground build short. By the time we got to the baby ... -
As I write this post I am actually "stuck" in transit trying to get to Kazakhstan to work in an orphanage. Oh the irony.... ... -
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So things started off smooth enough.. We got there with our 500 pounds of luggage ( no really 500 hundred freakin pounds ) and actually got... -
Part Three: Referrals & minimizing the Wait Referral time is one of the most exciting times during an adoption and it is also one of... -
Those of you who have been around for while have probably noticed I’ve been quiet. Life has trumped blog. There is a difference. There...
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Our first full day with Nina was Christmas Eve. Between the travel, jet lag and drama of the preceding night we were all pretty exhausted. ... -
On our last day in Kaz our team traveled an hour an a half south to the Karakastek orphanage. We only got to spend a short time there but w... -
We traveled with the Senhauser's to China this spring. Ironically we each were adopting 3 year old girls, from Guizhou Province and wer...
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