A Child Waits
When China sends your adoption agency information on the child they have matched you with, this is a referral. A couple of months after accepting the referral, you will be on your way to China to get your child. Some families choose to go a slightly different route by selecting a waiting child. Waiting children are either older or have varying degrees of special needs (SN). Most families prefer healthy infants, so these special children wait. Because these children have already waited so long and because some of them need medical attention not readily available in China, families who choose them usually get to bring them home sooner than those who go the “traditional” route. After much prayer and discussion, we decided to choose a waiting child.
I found, Xi Xiao Yang (shee shee-ow Yung) on the adoption agency’s waiting children list. Xi Xiao was born July 7, 2004. She was diagnosed with bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate III degree. Her lip had been corrected. We will know more once we bring her home and our pediatrician examines her. From the limited medical information we have, her overall health is good and the doctor is optimistic about her recovery, but it will probably never be "normal". It's the first time in my life that I was ever thankful for my small sized lips.
Jeremiah 29:11“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
For more about our adoption adventure, look for our next post, “Change of Heart”.
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