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?

A new home

As you all probably know, Jack was our daughter's fosterbrother at Starfish Fosterhome in China. They litterally saved my girl's life! How can you ever repay something like that? I always have the feeling that I have to do something to help them.
So, I started helping out with their website and we are sending boxes of babyclothes regularly... but they need a bit more this time.
Starfish is moving to a new home. The residents of the apartment building were not that happy with the fosterhome occupying three apartments and housing 50 children! Amanda de Lange, the founder of Starfish has found a new facility but it needs a LOT of work:

There are some volunteers and hired Chinese men working there now and they really want to move in before Christmas...... it looks like it will not be finished by then though. And this means they will have to move the babies to an unfinished building. This breaks my heart, I just can't stop thinking about it. If I could, I would be in China right now to help, but that's not possible at this moment. The only thing I can do is let as many people as possible know about this and about the effort to raise money. What an awesome christmas gift it would be for those babies to move in to a decent home!

So please go to  http://www.crowdrise.com/starfishnewhome/fundraiser/starfish-china and donate! Every dollar is welcome! Skip Starbucks today and donate a dollar to Starfish. I hope we get a lot of people donating one dollar.... we can make a difference together!

Halloween pics! So funny!!

What are you doing?

Hey! What's this on my head?

 

I don't want this!

Why did you put this on my head?

  

Glad that's gone!



Much better!



Now it's time to have some fun!!!

Maybe throw this strange ball?

Just kidding!!!   Hahahahahahaha!

Nothing.....

Nothing new, no BIG news...... How I would love to be a fly on the wall at WACAP and hear if there's anyone looking at Jack's file....

I know he will spend his third birthday with the people that he loves dearly, singing his favourite song "Happy birthday" over and over again. He needs a forever family though; to spend his future birthdays with him. 



Jack has a grant!!!!!

Please check out the WACAP website. Jack is on there with a
$4200 Promise Child Grant!!

I just have to say that made my day!!!!

Why?

" I hope you don't mind my asking, but I can tell how much you love this little guy and am wondering why you are not adding him to your family?"

I got some e-mails asking me this question, it seems that they are curious as to why my own family is not bringing Jack home.  I probably should have answered that in my original post about Jack. 

Why are we not bringing him home?  We are the ones who have met him and spent time with him. So why is he not ours?

First, Holland has some very strict adoption rules. One of them is that adoptive parents get absolutely NO access to the shared list.... Agencies match a child with parents. It is not permitted to pre-identify your child and request to be matched.

Second, I believe a couple adopting should both REALLY, REALLY want it for 100%. And with us that's not the case. Trust me, if it were up to me I would be in China tomorrow to ad another son to my family.... but it's just not possible...

So no, we cannot bring Jack home. But I just had to do something to help. He has been on the China "shared list" for over a year now... I'm sure the words "spina bifida" are scaring families away.  Jack needs a voice....and a grant.

I know that he can never be my own child, but I also know that I can not turn my back on him and walk away.  I felt sure that I absolutely had to do something to help Jack's forever family find him.

There are times when we are there to be their Mommy and Daddy.  And then there are times when we are there to just be their voice.

Another adorable story about Jack

Julie, another adoptive mom with a daughter from Starfish shared this story with me and I just had to put this on Jack's blog:

"Amanda told me that after Lia (Sophia) was brought to us, Jack saved his food each day for her for several days, making sure she wouldn't be hungry when she came back. This makes me cry every time I think about it. He is such a sweet little soul. I really want his family to find him soon..".

If you want to know more about the ChipIn to Jack's Adoption Fund please read my previous post.

I changed the button to a  button and hope this one will take everyone to a page in English.