Let's see, since the last time I posted we went on our overnight campout for our Great Lakes BE group for Steven. We talked to a very nice family who had an 11 year old boy they had adopted from China with Bladder Exstropy. She actually has adopted 3 children from China, 2 boys with birth defects, and has a great family. She was telling us that the agency she got her kids through -which brings kids with medial needs over on medical visas for treatment and then hopes a family will adopt them before they have to go back- calls her now and then to either see if she can host a child or if she knows of anyone who could. She had a little boy who had lived with her for a short time as a host family she was supposed to pick up that next weekend from the family he was now living with in Tenn to fly him to Texas to live with the family who wanted to adopt him. We told her that if she heard of a little girl needing a home, she should let us know - we might be interested. 2 days later, I got a call from this lady saying the home for the boy she was telling us about had fallen through and would we consider giving a home to this 6 year old boy, Keji. We told her it was too sudden for us to commit to adoption, but we would host him. That was on Tuesday. The following Sunday we were welcoming Zach (his American name) into our home. It has been 2 weeks now and we have fallen in love. It's not perfect, things aren't always easy for any of us while we are adjusting, but we are making it work. School starts tomorrow and Zach is going to Kindergarden. Pete has been an awsome big brother - he even volenteered to share his room with Zach. Wish us luck.
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