Comments on: Foreignness. http://american-family.org/2007/01/10/foreignness/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: American Family » Two Years http://american-family.org/2007/01/10/foreignness/comment-page-1/#comment-99534 American Family » Two Years Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:01:57 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/10/foreignness/#comment-99534 [...] years ago yesterday, I looked at her little picture and felt…well, honestly, I felt not much of anything.  But in two short years, I can no longer remember my life without this little [...] [...] years ago yesterday, I looked at her little picture and felt…well, honestly, I felt not much of anything.  But in two short years, I can no longer remember my life without this little [...]

]]> By: Bettie Bookish http://american-family.org/2007/01/10/foreignness/comment-page-1/#comment-31016 Bettie Bookish Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:17:40 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/10/foreignness/#comment-31016 Our new daughter's orphanage group also has 10 members. I know it's not the same one, though, because many of those families have visited. I contacted Amy Eldridge from Love Without Boundaries and asked if she knew anything about MM's SWI. Neither she nor their provincial rep knew anything, but they established contact, and several kids received surgeries as a result. But she and others with that group are an excellent source of information. Are you going to be with a group - are other families from your agency meeting children from the same SWI or province? Our new daughter’s orphanage group also has 10 members. I know it’s not the same one, though, because many of those families have visited.

I contacted Amy Eldridge from Love Without Boundaries and asked if she knew anything about MM’s SWI. Neither she nor their provincial rep knew anything, but they established contact, and several kids received surgeries as a result. But she and others with that group are an excellent source of information.

Are you going to be with a group – are other families from your agency meeting children from the same SWI or province?

]]> By: Wishnik http://american-family.org/2007/01/10/foreignness/comment-page-1/#comment-31010 Wishnik Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:06:29 +0000 http://american-family.org/2007/01/10/foreignness/#comment-31010 We went to China as tourists the year before we picked up our daughter in Guangxi. Our travel agency for the first trip was in China and we had some luck with getting drivers/private trips arranged. If you want I can dig up the info of how to contact them. They are a bunch of students in China and seem to have a lot of options. Also, the head of our agency's China program, a Beijing native, is a part owner of a travel agency in China. Mostly he works with people from this adoption agency but if you like I can send you his email address. He might have some useful information for you. We went to China as tourists the year before we picked up our daughter in Guangxi. Our travel agency for the first trip was in China and we had some luck with getting drivers/private trips arranged. If you want I can dig up the info of how to contact them. They are a bunch of students in China and seem to have a lot of options.

Also, the head of our agency’s China program, a Beijing native, is a part owner of a travel agency in China. Mostly he works with people from this adoption agency but if you like I can send you his email address. He might have some useful information for you.

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