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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:
 The
Miracle Story of Little Andrew
From emaciated to strapping--one orphan's
comeback story.
 Waiting
Across the Sea
Children's Hope mom knows that's where her
daughter waits...Across the Sea in China.
 Final
Arrival
A son
home from Kazakhstan.
 Kids
Corner
Mother's Day
Coloring Card Edition
BLOG OF THE MONTH:
 Conversations
with Taylor
From the
mouth of a 3-year-old.
DEVELOPMENT AID:
 Garage
Sale
Reminder! Clear
Out Your Garage to Bring Hope to an Orphan
 Hand
in Hand
Together, We Can Bring Hope to a Graduating Orphan's Future
PROGRAM
UPDATES:
 China
May Day Brings May “Flowers” to 15 Families Across the Nation
 Ethiopia
House of Hope Future Transition Home for Children’s Hope Referrals
 Kazakhstan
Girls Bring Smiles to Five New Mothers
 Russia
Russia Awaiting Accreditation
 Vietnam
Seven Families will Celebrate Mother’s Day in Vietnam
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COLOMBIA PROGRAM UPDATES
April was a busy
month for assignments for Colombia adoptions. We are seeing
families traveling and preparing to travel. Currently in
Colombia we have a family adopting 3 brothers (ages 14, 13 and
8) and two families adopting infants. They have reported that
everything is going very well for them and their kids are great!
In the next couple of weeks, four more families will leave for
Colombia, adopting: 3 sisters (ages 11, 10 & 8), another sibling
group of 3 (boy 6, girls 4 & 3), an infant boy, and another
sibling group of 3 (boys 5 & 2 and a girl 3). We have additional
assignments pending, so the program is going very well.
We continue to see
sibling groups of three or more children assigned as quickly as
the family’s dossier reaches Colombia. We have also been
receiving some information on waiting children with special
needs so that may become another area that will allow families
to move through the process more quickly. Prospective adoptive
parents who were born in Colombia move through very quickly, as
do parents looking for a single older child adoption.
2007:
Children
adopted, 16
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This spring, John and
Stacie Gates of sweet home Alabama spent a week in
beautiful Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and the Washington
D.C. zoo. “I think this photo is really appropriate for
us considering our family resembles a zoo sometimes!”
Stacie laughs.
The Gates are
parents to two wonderful biological sons, two terrific adopted
daughters from Colombia, and serve as a visiting resource for
two young ladies who live in group homes. Active in their
church, the Gates serve orphans throughout the state of Alabama
in their church Orphan Ministry.
Pictured here, top
row, left to right: Andy (15, bio) and Carly (13, Colombian
adoption ‘05) Bottom row, left to
right: John (Papi), Nathan (17, bio), Krystal (17, visiting
resource student) and Allie (9, Colombian adoption ‘05)
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