It is OFFICIAL!! We have just received confirmation today that we have been approved as the PROUD parents of yet another lovely girl from China! We cannot adequately express our JOY that the Lord has entrusted another fatherless child into our care. Fatherless No more, I should say!
It is our privilege to introduce our new daughter and sister, LI XIAN QIAO! (That's OK, I don't know how to pronounce it either!) We tentatively plan to name her Piper Joy Xian Qiao Kruggel. (Tentative because we would like to discuss this with her before a final decision is made).
She is 13 years old and lives in Guangdong Province. (This is the same province where Poppy was born). We know some things about her...
- She was abandoned on February 16, 2000, at age 4, and was then assigned a birth date of 2-15-1996.
- She lived for 5 years at a nearby orphanage and at age 9 was transferred to the orphanage that is currently her legal guardian. She has had the blessing of being fostered for the past 3 years (we do not know anything else about the foster family, etc.)
- She attends school and is reported to be a diligent student.
- She is healthy.
- Her file says this: "Li Xiaoqian is a sensitive and thoughtful girl. She is lovely, outgoing, extroverted, optimistic, polite, kind, straight, and sympathetic. Sometimes she would defend somebody against an injustice. She is kind, helpful, often shares her things with others. She is serious at doing anything. She respects the old, and cares the young, and gets along well with her classmates. Usually she loves singing and dancing. She likes to read some extracurricular books or play with friends after finishing homework."
(So, now you probably want to adopt her too!) : )
Stay tuned to our blog...we have much to say about HOW we decided to adopt another child, an "older" child, and much more. It looks like we will travel to bring her home in January as China requires us to finalize the adoption BEFORE she turns 14 which is when children "age out" or, are no longer eligible for adoption from China.
ONE less orphan, ONE more Kruggel...to share life, the Gospel, a home, brothers and sisters, life-long security, unconditional love!
Our hearts are filled with Gratitude to our Lord,
Tom, Victoria, Austin, Meagan, Annie, Barret, Poppy and Willow
2 comments:
The word "happiness" doesn't cover it. Congrats on the newest Kruggel :)
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Congratulations to all - it's so nice to see a picture and start to get a sense of the personality of the newest Kruggel. I hope your wait from here on out is easy and fast!
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