Since the waiting child program in China has basically "exploded", every day, I am so aware of the vast amount of babies and children that are waiting in China. Our former China adoption agency currently has 70 children just on their website! These are mostly babies, with a large majority of them being baby boys with absolutely nothing else wrong but a cleft lip and/or palate. This is such an easy special need to manage in comparison to some. I so wish we were prepared to return to China to scoop up one of these adorable little guys!!! There is also a shared list that many agencies get from China, and I believe there are over 1,000 children on that, possibly more. It is mind blowing when you think and begin to comprehend how many orphans there are in China and how, daily, babies and older children continue to be abandoned in every city, and every town there. The amount of orphanages there are is staggering. There are so many little ones that are waiting for a family of their own...it breaks my heart and I pray for them all.
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It is so very sad. I would LOVE to go back to China, but God is leading me elsewhere this time. Maybe NEXT time. If my hubby gets on board with that :-). Cleft lip and palate is such and easy special need. When we went for Ashleigh I had lots of concerns because it sounded overwhelming, but it's not. Especially when you have wonderful hospital's like Children's and Shriner's who will do most of the work at no cost. There are so many resources out there that make her condition easy to deal with. I would go back and bring home another child with cleft again in a heartbeat if I could. After all it is just a medical condition. It does not define the child. My daughter is a wonderful child who is so inquisitive and full of life. I often wonder what our life would be like if we had not adopted her because she had a special need that in the beginning we did not feel we could deal with. I am so thankful that we did.
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