Thursday, July 19, 2007

Where in the World is Lian?


Lian is living in the HanZhong Social Welfare Institute (SWI) in Sha'anxi Province in central China. (See maps at bottom of page)
The special needs unit is run by a Christian group from Australia and Britain, Caring For China http://www.caringforchina.org/ . The unit, opened in 1997 , is known as Shekinah Shalom (Radiant Glory and Peace). She lives in a family group in the Blue Apartments with 4-5 other children and a caregiver.
When we adopt her, we will receive a scrapbook of photos of her life at the SWI - that's how we got the photo of her with Hailey, who is home with her family already. At CFC's request, we will be bringing water purification tablets with us when we travel. Other parents have taken vitamins, tushie cream or donated to buy fuel for winter heating.

HanZhong is an old city located about 150 miles from the provincial capital, Xi'an. http://chinatravelz.com/china/Shaanxi/Hanzhong/index.asp

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Mother's Day

Last spring while riding the train home from the city where I had just handed in the last of Lian's paperwork, I had nothing to do since I had gone through all my reading material while waiting at the Chinese Embassy. I got out a notepad and this poem started to flow and practically wrote itself. Adoption can be bittersweet as there is no gain without a loss.
http://www.emkpress.com/mothersday.html

Lian on left in yellow

Lian on left in yellow
about 14 months, with her friend Hailey

Lian at 6 months

Lian at 6 months
Who could resist that smile?

Lian at 4 months

Lian at 4 months
Right after surgery for her lip

Sha'anxi Province Map

Sha'anxi Province Map
HanZhong in lower left

China Map

China Map
Sha'anxi Province in center