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Hello and Happy mid-March everyone!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by - it seems like just yesterday I was in Chicago and longing to be home in China. Well, I'm here now and things are rolling right along.

Joanna met her Forever Family March 11
Over the last 18months or so that I've been here in China, with God's grace and guidance I've started several new projects/ tasks that (I believe) are helping these kids. Of course there are the obvious ones: continuing the awesome work that's happening in our therapy program, starting and developing a new speech program, incorporating and training a therapy dog for use in our program, etc. Despite all of these projects and tasks, the one thing that is still so pressing on my heart is: Advocacy. A lot of what we do here at SFCV gets shared on social media, in our newsletter and in sponsor updates, all of which are incredible ways of getting the good news out there and advocating for these kids! God has been so good and so faithful to fulfill our needs here at SFCV and the needs of a lot of children by providing Forever Families. This year alone, we've already seen God match 8 kids with their forever families, YES, 8!! Yay! Yippee! Yahoo! It's pretty incredible to think about, see and watch! I've been blessed and awed by each of these miracles.


I've said all of that to say, I'm starting a new advocacy initiative. I want to use the ChinaBird to advocate for the cuties I provide therapy services for, as well as, continuing to love and care for them until God provides forever families for each of them. I'll be putting my own spin on their stories, things I think people need to know about these awesome and amazing kids. As their therapist, there will be a lot of therapeutic information as well as personal stories and photos. I can't wait to get started and see where this goes.
Help Momo find his
Forever Family!
Here's what I'd ask of you: When I write an advocacy post about a child here at SFCV, PLEASE share it with your friends, family, co-workers, etc. Together we can make a difference in the lives of these kids by finding them forever families! It all starts with one share... By posting and sharing this Child's information you may be (knowingly or unknowingly) planing a key role in God's plan for finding them a family. This is a team effort. Every child deserves a family, and it' up to us to get the word out there.

I know God has put me here in China for more than one reason and by writing these new posts, I feel like maybe I can help these kids find families. It all starts by getting the word out there, so that's my plan. Will you help me?

Stay Tuned...First post is coming soon.

Together we can see more of this:

Evelyn and her forever family from Italy!
Joy and Her forever family from PA, USA! So blessed to
have met and worked with this awesome family!
Vicki met her forever family via Skype last week,
they will be coming to China on the 18th to pick her up!
Zeke with his new Mama and Baba (Right). Zeke and Joanna were
adopted from the same house to two different families on the same day!



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