zaterdag 11 december 2010

Recent update on Jack!!!

I got an update this week, here it is:
"He is one cute boy with a huge personality not only that but he is extremely smart."


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Jack is right on target if not ahead neurologically for his age.  He is extremely verbal and can make some very advanced jokes. Like I said he is extremely smart and has a good Chinese vocab (and he says chocolate in English).
Jack cannot walk (he is actually not paralized from the waist; he can move his hips) but is really comfortable in a wheelchair. He can move himself and crawls around the house using his arms like an army crawl.  He has also learned how to scoot himself by lifting himself up on to his hands and then moving his hips backwards.  So he is very mobile."

All is well....

Here is a huge miracle: Starfish got a donation to the building fund which is enough to cover the flooring, 2 dishwashers and an industrial dryer!!!! The landlord has given them extra time until december 12 to move out and Amanda is hoping she can get the flooring in before that.... wich means they can move into their new home directly!!!! YIPPEEEEEEEE!!!
The latest news is that the first moving trucks are moving furniture!!!!

Now I'm hoping for another miracle; a forever family for Jack!

zondag 5 december 2010

The landlord is kicking them out!!!!!!

The fosterhome has been renting three apartments in Xian. They are VERY busy trying to get their new housing ready to move in....but there's bad news!
Amanda the Lange, founder and director and fostermom of Starfish fosterhome is on Facebook. And this week she posted these messages!

First I read this:
"So the big upheaval this week: The one landlord kicked us out of the apartment before I was ready to move, since the house is not ready. We had to divide the babies between the other two apartments and then we put all the furniture in the volunteer apartment which is looking like a bomb hit it. This was done with lots of help on November 30th."

And this morning this:
"For the second time in 6 days we are getting kicked out of our apartment. We have no where to go. I cannot put 45 kids in one three bedroom apartment. The house is not ready to move into. Two babies are leaving the hospital and need to get back to Xian. Challenging to my trouble shooting skills. You cannot EVER say that I lead a boring life!"

I'm just lost for words............... how can they do this?