Sunday, January 07, 2007

January referrals...

We're a little past due, but there have been more referrals this past week.

Below are links of blogs with photos that you may visit:

Sink or Swim
My baby Ava
An Invisible Thread
Waiting for Emma
Our Journey to Margaret
On our way to China
The Story of Gracie
Gleason Journal
A Daughter
Eliana
Miah Miah Miah
Bringing Home Sophie
Adopting Mia
Goliath Family
Our Journey to Mylia
Waiting for Ping
Journey to Zoe
Journey to Kenzie
Journey to Elizabeth
Journey for Maggie
McFees Girl
Journey to Grace
Adopting Mia
Our Family Journal
Margaux
Jade Lin
Green Wooden Rooster

One of the blogs posted a photo of the newspaper's finding ads. Here's what it looks like:


In China, when a child is found, the orphanage must place what is called a finding ad in the local newspaper. This is used to, hopefully, find the birth parent(s). If the birth parent(s) do not come forward in a certain amount of time then that child is put up for adoption.

For adoptive parents, the finding ad is precious as it is the very first photo of the adopted child. There is even a store in Guangzhou that offers a service to get the finding ad.

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