FIRST CARE PACKAGE SENT IN APRIL!
We sent our first care package in April and was sent as a way for our daughter to celebrate that she now has a Forever Family! We received our first response from the SWI director on April 18, Sunday evening. It was such a joy to receive updated information!
We learned that our daughter has always dreamed of being adopted and the director wanted to know, when are we coming??!! That alone was promising news to receive. As other adoptive parents of older children will understand, one is never sure if the child will be receptive in the beginning, to being adoptive. One must understand, while a family is better than an orphanage, it's the only life these children know and understand, it's been their life for years and most of them, all of their life. It's very scary for a young person to move 1/2 way around the world with total strangers. So....we were thrilled to learn she has dreams of being adopted.
We learned that our daughter has always dreamed of being adopted and the director wanted to know, when are we coming??!! That alone was promising news to receive. As other adoptive parents of older children will understand, one is never sure if the child will be receptive in the beginning, to being adoptive. One must understand, while a family is better than an orphanage, it's the only life these children know and understand, it's been their life for years and most of them, all of their life. It's very scary for a young person to move 1/2 way around the world with total strangers. So....we were thrilled to learn she has dreams of being adopted.
The first set of gifts we sent to our daughter were due to arrive at the orphanage on Friday or Saturday, of April 23 or 24. Our daughter lives at a boarding school and returns to the orphanage on national holidays. The next National Holiday is May 1. So....the director said she is sending a nannie to the boarding school to deliver the gifts and SHARE WITH MIAO THAT SHE HAS A FAMILY IN THE USA!!!!!! Wish I could hve been a fly on the wall during that conversation. It is obvious the director at this SWI is a caring lady toward the children at her orphanage.
The first care package we sent:
1. A letter from us to our daughter and one to the SWI director
2. A large stuffed Bear
3. Money for a party and to purchase items for our daughter (the orphanage used our money to purchase the items for our daughter and the orphanage paid for the cake & snacks, to celebrate her Forever Family!)
4. Photo Album containing 21 pictures of our home, family, neighborhood and areas around town
Response to questions we asked about our daughter, received by the SWI director:
WE WERE THRILLED TO BEGIN LEARNING ABOUT OUR DAUGHTER!!
1. She "loves" receiving the photo book and loves the pictures of her family
2. She is dreaming of Gotcha Day coming soon!
3. Her school studies and health are both good
4. She loves skateboarding, roller skating and swimming. She longs to ski
5. She loves chocolate, sweets, western food, ice cream and dislikes pork and celery.
6. She is about 5 feet 2 inches and weighs about 96 lbs.
7. She speaks Madarin, Cantonese and "simple" English
The updated pictures we received from the care package......isn't she beautiful...such an angel!!!
Below are pictures of the care package we sent to her, via Gifts To China With Love
The 21 page photo album. Pictures included her new family, home, bedroom and neighborhood!
All of the items we sent in one picture. We're sure she will enjoy the large stuffed bear! I think the love of stuffed animals, is universal! :-) Also you'll see the interpreted letter, we wrote to her.
The Post Office that shipped our gifts
Last but not least, the ones who made it all possible!
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Here she is with the gifts we sent her, via Gifts To China With Love!!
Miao with the stuffed bear, our letter & the photo album!
Enjoying a drink!
Here she is with the multitude of snacks!
Here she is with the clothing, shoes & cake!
I hope she enjoyed the gifts and was able to feel the love and care we have for her!
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