We held a fundraiser dinner Sunday after church and received such a blessing. The timing of the fundraiser ended up in God’s hands and coincided with our matching grant. God’s timing was perfect. We received a lot of support. We feel so blessed! Thank you to all that contributed.
There was a common question that we kept hearing at the fundraiser dinner. It was about naming the child that we are adopting. Our child will be between 12 and 36 months. She will have a Chinese name that the orphanage gave her and most likely an English name given by her first sponsor. The last name that she has will not be her actual family name, because that will not be known. The last name is also given by the orphanage and often all girls from the same province are given the same last name.
We haven't decided what we will name her yet. We have considered giving her a new first name and keeping her Chinese name for her middle name or just using her Chinese first name. I think we will probably know as soon as we see her face and get a glimpse of her personality, but her Chinese name is part of who she is, so we will at least keep it for her middle name.
Lori
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