Change of Heart
Any of you who had spoken to me early on, may have known I was undecided about where to adopt from, child age...etc. What happened to determine our direction? I had been talking with others and praying about being open to adopt a child with mild to moderate, correctable special needs. I looked at the lists of waiting children each month but no one stood out - until Xi Xiao. As soon as saw her, my heart melted and we knew we wanted this little girl to be in our family. She is none of the things we originally asked for, but she is everything we want.
When we found Xi Xiao on our adoption agency’s waiting children list, no one else had asked about her in 3 months. It was as if God had kept her just for us. The adoption agency sent us more paperwork to do in order to assess our preparedness and ability to care for a child with special needs. All our SN (special needs) paperwork was completed in April 2006 and our LOI (letter of intent) to adopt Xi Xiao was on its way to China the next day! Lord willing, she will officially be in our family in a few months.
About our little one:
Chinese Name: Xi Xiao Yang (Shee shee-ow Yung)
Meaning of her Chinese Name: Small Young Dragon
New Full Name: Sophie Grace Xiao Young
Born: 7 July 2004, 1.5 yrs. at referral
Height and Weight: 82 cm. (32”) tall & 11.5 kg. (20 lbs.) at 2 years old.
Personality: She is happy and energetic and loves music and toys.
Province: Gansu Province
1 Samuel 1:27“I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him.”
Our adoption adventure continues in, “Our Next Steps”.
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