Children's Hope International E-Newsletter

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

Seven...Eight, Night
An Ethiopia Adoption Story

A New Chapter
An Ethiopian Girl Becomes a Mom’s Favorite Character

Preparing for Transracial Adoption
More than Books

Photos from
the Reunion!

Across the Nation
Fourth Photos from the Upper Midwest

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	China China Referrals Extend a July Weekend of Celebration!
	Colombia Five Couples Will Soon Come Home as Families!
	Ethiopia Six Families Finalizing Adoptions this Week
	Kazakhstan Four Families Flying to Almaty
	Russia With Paperwork Complete, Families Become One
	Vietnam A Child's Right Campaign for Vietnam

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Pictured Above: Associate Director Melody Zhang sorts through the drawings, overwhelmed with these personal messages. She had just returned to Beijing after 2 weeks amongst the rubble and relief work in Wenchuan to plan Phase 2 of Children’s Hope relief work. To read her past updates and see projects currently moving forward, visit Melody’s blog at www.melodyzhangorphans.blogspot.com.

On May 13, one day after the initial 7.9 magnitude quakes that hit the Sichuan province in China, we asked our Children's Hope sponsors and families to submit encouraging drawings to the children affected by the earthquake. On Children’s Day in China, June 1, these drawings were distributed to children along with 1,000 backpacks containing school supplies. The devastation of losing parents and relatives literally within minutes, along with the disruption of school, schedule, and home, was and is a traumatic time for these young children. Thank you for expressing yourself through these drawings and showing these children that caring Americans knew of their plight as well.

Group participants in this project include: Hope Christian Academy, St. Agnes Catholic School, Sacred Heart Catholic School, Windsor 5th Grade Center, Mrs. Riddle's 4th grade class at Scale's Elementary (Mia Esworthy), Kindergarten Class (Maria Ortiz), John Lalande School, Southport Christian School, Jack Chambless' 1st grade class, and Mrs. Miller's class at William H. Rowe School.

Featured Junior Ambassadors

At Children’s Hope, we've found that often our supporters with the biggest hearts are children who are eager to help kids just like them. These are our Junior Ambassadors. Click here to find out more about these great kids.

Calli Fuller - On the wall in Calli's classroom was a list that the children had brainstormed about what makes a hero. Some said "super powers", others said "kindness". At the bottom of the page was listed Calli Fuller. One of the children in her class said Calli was a hero for working hard to raise money for the earthquake victims. To that Calli replied, "Well, I guess that makes all of you heroes, too, for helping me."

Melanie and Grace Gray - When Melanie Gray heard about the horrible earthquake in China, she decided to raise money to help people in China. There were lots of preparations for her and her 3-year-old sister Grace: getting cups, pitchers, ice, lemonade, poster board, special paint markers, and jars for the donations. At their local park, the girls had several families drive up in their cars and roll down their windows to order. The girls took turns delivering the lemonade, but little Grace wanted to be the one to put the money in the jar every time.