Hello all, I just wanted to be the first to announce that 13 families with A Helping Hand arrived back from Guangzhou late today with their girls from Xin Yi....
Congratulations to all the returning families!!! I can't wait to hear about all your collective experiences! Rest up for now... Chirs Calkins ... From: "Chris...
Kevin Calkins
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Congratulations to all of you! Can't wait to hear more. Hope the journey went really well! Joanne ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
Nancy, This is probably not a great question to ask you, but is it possible for me to mail a couple photos of our daughter and family members with our info....
I've been wanting to write a longer letter sharing some of our adoption journey with you all for some time now. But, as you can imagine, I've been fresh out...
Congratulations, and welcome home!!!! I LOVE going to China, it is always a different trip, and each one is the trip of a lifetime! It sounds like you...
Welcome back home! What a remarkable journey on so many levels. Your travel group was HUGE. Your eldest daughter did so well on such a difficult trip. Did...
I too thought my daughter had scabies when I brought her home from the Xin Yi orphanage. However, after giving her the medication for scabies, the itchy bumps...
In a message dated 12/10/03 11:08:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Joelen, Where are you from in Connecticut? We live in Trumbull. Donna Smith Elianna - 6.5...
In a message dated 12/8/03 11:30:15 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Your pictures are adorable. The kids are so precious. I like the matching outfits. Donna ...
I note that some of the parents were able to visit Xinyi orphanage. I am curious what does the ability to visit depend upon. When we adopted Celeste in 2000,...
Hello Roza, This may be a naive question, but here goes....when you said "seeking to
adopt Celeste's sister", did you mean biological sister? And if so, how...
We were allowed to visit the orphanage because our agency (MAPS) was making a humanitarian donation of cash to help with the building of the new orphanage. It...
Hello Traci, One day, Celeste, who is also from Xinyi orphanage, told us: mom, I want a sister. I want her hair to be black and I want her name to be...
Thank you for sharing, Lennea. ... making a humanitarian donation of cash to help with the building of the new orphanage. It helps if you have something to...
Although it was a while ago (1999), I was with a group that was permitted to visit the orphanage (although we were never allowed in areas where the babies...
Linnea, I too just received our daughter from Xinyi on 10/13/2003. All of the parents were given a book with several pictures of Xinyi along with the staff...
Roza, I was able to visit in part because our family made seperate travel arrangements. If your agency said that you can't go, is there a possibility that you...
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Whooops!!!!! I am soooo sorry.....but as a sleep-deprived mother of 4, I hope you will forgive me! We did NOT visit the XinYi orphanage. We visited...
I thought I would chime in on visiting the orphanage. We adopted Michaela in July of 2001, and visited the orphanage at that time. I have no idea how the ...
Hi Linnea, I've seen your name on these posts many times but didn't realize you were a MAPS family. We are too! When did you travel? Don't you have 3 girls...
Hi Kathy, Your Eliza is the same age as our Olivia. I am guessing they were together at Xinyi. We adopted in June, 1999 through MAPS. When did you adopt...
Our 4th daughter, Amy, is from XinYi. She was a special needs kid, adopted with Bethany. Our first 3 daughters were thru MAPS (Abby, WuHu; Andrea, Nanning;...
Joanne..and anyone else who read my description of the accomodations in XinYi... (In reference to your last e-mail) PLEASE don't decide not go to Xinyi...
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Hello Candace Flanders! I´ve tried to send an e-mail to you, using the adress after your name in your mail on the list, but I got it back. How can I reach you...
Hi All, Just a quick note re: sisters. There is a researcher and I can't remember her name offhand, but I believe it's Johnson. She has written one or more...
Hi Linnea, Thanks for the info. Amy sounds wonderful. It sounds like your family is wonderful. Did you travel with any Chicago area families? I'm just...
We live in N. lower Michigan (Frankfort, near Traverse City). We did travel with some Chicago families, but haven't remained close to anyone...too many trips...
