I have met such wonderful people!

I cannot beleive the outpoor of love for this little guy...I have met so many lovely folks that I know I will be in contact with for years to come...I thank God every day for this network of friends!

Pictures from Coco!!!

Thanks to Hedda we have pretty revealing pictures of Xiao Cao...hopefully he won't be angry at me in years to come for publishing this one!!!

Grant Frenzy

Well, we applied for every grant known to man! Shaohannah's Hope, Gift of Adoption fund, A Child Waits, China Care and fundraising galore! We are very confident that God would not have led us in this direction if he didn't have a plan, so ready or not here we come!

A Family Needs Your Help!!!

It is not often that we make a direct appeal for help for one of our families but this is a special case. Many of you may have seen Cao Xiao Cao on our special needs list. He has been on our list for about five months and had already been sent to at least one other agency before he came to us. He has a condition known as congenital giant nevus with multiple satellite nevi. The photo above shows the effect on his face and upper body. There are more detailed and graphic photos below. If you would prefer not to see them, do not scroll to the bottom of the newsletter.

We don't show these to shock you but to let you know that it will take a very special family to give him a loving, welcoming home. Cao Xiao Cao doesn't know it yet but there is such a family. Shelli Young, a single mother with four children, has opened her home and her heart to this little boy. She has made the commitment to adopt him and her four children, ages 2 to 11 years old are just as excited as she is about Cao joining their family.

How can you help? As most of you know financing any adoption can be a challenge but it is even more difficult when you just returned three months ago with your last adopted child. This is Shelli's case. She has the heart and the love to adopt Cao but she is short when it comes to the money. We, IAAP, have eliminated all our agency fee but that still leaves thousands of dollars in fees in China, US Immigration, and travel.

Shelli and Cao need your help!! Without the funds Cao will not have a home. We have done what we can, we have eliminated our fee and will provide all our services for free. If you can spare a few dollars, or a lot of dollars, to see that Cao has a home, we would all be so very thankful to you. Cao can't say thank you yet but he will someday. He will know that so many people wanted to help give him a home and a future. You will change his life forever!

If you can help Shelli and Cao please send your contributions to:

The Shepherd's Crook Ministries
P.O. Box 773
West Chester, OH 45071

A fund has been set up for him so please mark your check "For Cao Xiao Cao" so we can be sure it gets to the correct account.

All your contributions will be tax deductible and will be used to help Shelli bring Cao home.

Thank you all for your help.


Dick and Cheryl Graham
IAAP

LOI on the way folks!!!

From: Richard Graham [mailto:iaap@iaapadoption.com]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:09 PM
To: shelli.young@abxair.com; shelli young
Subject: LOI


Your LOI is on its way to the CCAA today. They should have it by Thursday.

Dick Graham