Children's Hope International E-Newsletter

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	Dare to Hope Passionately Wait
	Wuhan Wailers Eight 12-year-olds Tell You How to Plan for Summer Vacation

DEVELOPMENT AID:

	Unemployed and without Hope One Story Amongst Many
	Bound for Hope Delivering Books to Ready Ethiopian Hands
	3 Days of Focus A Call to Action: Youth to Turn iPods Off; Their Focus on God, On
	National Volunteer Month A CHIRPS/CHAPS Spotlight

BLOG OF THE MONTH:

Taking the Skies
Prospective Parents Journeys

Adventures in Adopting
China

KIDS CORNER:

Kids Corner
Mother's Day Photo Bracelets

PROGRAM UPDATES:

	China Twenty-five Families Left with Excitement in Their Hearts; Now They Return from China with a Lot More Love
	Ethiopia Ethiopia Program Celebrates 1 Year of Uniting Families and Bringing Hope
	Kazakhstan Three Families Travel to Bond with Their Child
	Russia Russia Program at Full Speed, Bustling with Travel
	Vietnam Two Boys Find Their Forever Homes

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COLOMBIA PROGRAM UPDATES

Recent Arrivals:

Boy, 7 years old, from Cundinamarca

Families are currently in Colombia to adopt:

15-month-old baby girl from Bogota

Sister & brother, 7 and 4 years old, from Bogota

Assignments & Traveling Soon:

13-month-old baby girl from Cundinamarca

Two sisters and a brother, ages 8, 3 and 1, from Bogota

18-month-old boy from Pereira (Colombian family)

8-month-old girl from Bogot� (Colombian family)

11-year-old girl from Bogot�

Almost 8-year-old girl from Florencia

We now have 6 families with dossiers in regional offices, awaiting assignments! In addition, we have another 12 families with dossiers being reviewed in Colombia that have asked for older children, sibling groups, or who were born in Colombia that should be sent out soon to regional offices. We have been very busy with assignments in the last couple of weeks and hope for more soon!

The Armstrong family has been home from Colombia for six weeks! Checking in with the family, Karl and Julie gave this update on their 3 additions to the family � Anji (5), Claudia (3) and Andres (2):

All is well in the home as all five of us continue to adjust. The kids are doing really well and are enjoying their new home very much. Julie and I are really enjoying the children and marvel at the family that God has made.

So far we've...
...celebrated Andres' birthday with a trip to the bowling alley and a pizza party;
...done super, super well in church (5 straight weeks);
...played in the backyard whenever the weather was good;
...had a developmental screening for Andres and learned that he's on track
...and had an English language screening for Anji and learned that she qualifies for a special bi-lingual education program.

We will soon set up another screening for Claudia to enter a special bi-lingual preschool program as well. Our plan is to send the girls to these programs this summer so they can have a bit of a jump start!

If you would like to share your thoughts, experiences or stories about your adoption, email: Jennifer.Newcomb@ChildrensHope.net We would love to post your family pictures!