We are going to have a webinar! Actually we are going to do a series of webinars, but the first one is going to be next week!
April and Erin are going to give you an overview of the April 2015 trip to China. You can learn more about the goals of Superkids and some of the children we met in China. There will be lots of cute pictures. There will be lots of fun stories. There will be coffee and brownies (OK. Disclaimer: As much as we would love to have coffee and brownies with every one of you, you will need to provide your own at home). There will be a Q&A period at the end to answer any questions you have about Superkids Charity as well as Gladney's China Waiting Child Program. It is going to be fun!
When: Wednesday May 20, 2015 at 1:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Where: The comfort of your own home!
Who: Everyone is invited!
Help us spread the word! Register here!
We All Love Layla! {Under Consideration}
Monday, May 11, 2015
When we were in China we saw precious little Layla again. You can read another post about her here. She has grown and developed in the 10 months since we last saw her and is more lovely than ever!
She did so well in all of the cognitive and development tests that the team did! According to her file she has a low IQ, but that just isn't at all what our team has observed either time we met her. On the contrary, she seems to be on target or even a little advanced.
She played very well with the other children who were in the room at the same time she was. She answered our questions politely and in complete sentences. She can run, jump, and kick a ball. She follows two step directions and clearly engages in reciprocal conversation.
Layla is attending preschool in the orphanage. Her favorite thing to do is drawing and her favorite color is pink.
Could this precious little girl be your daughter? Please contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information.
She did so well in all of the cognitive and development tests that the team did! According to her file she has a low IQ, but that just isn't at all what our team has observed either time we met her. On the contrary, she seems to be on target or even a little advanced.
She played very well with the other children who were in the room at the same time she was. She answered our questions politely and in complete sentences. She can run, jump, and kick a ball. She follows two step directions and clearly engages in reciprocal conversation.
Layla is attending preschool in the orphanage. Her favorite thing to do is drawing and her favorite color is pink.
Could this precious little girl be your daughter? Please contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information.
It's Galen's Turn
Friday, May 8, 2015
I fell in love with Galen weeks ago (read his advocacy post here) just reading through his file. Admittedly, the dimples didn't hurt anything either! But actually meeting him, well, I can't even tell you what a difference meeting these kids makes!
He is a sweet, gentle boy. He very readily did whatever we asked him to do. He joined right in and had a great time playing ball.
When Tanna broke out the Legos he quickly put one of the larger sets together.
While Galen seemed more quiet than some of the other children, he really didn't seem shy. He is such a great boy, just waiting for his own family.
Could he be your son? Please contact Apil Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information about adopting Galen.
He is a sweet, gentle boy. He very readily did whatever we asked him to do. He joined right in and had a great time playing ball.
When Tanna broke out the Legos he quickly put one of the larger sets together.
While Galen seemed more quiet than some of the other children, he really didn't seem shy. He is such a great boy, just waiting for his own family.
Could he be your son? Please contact Apil Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information about adopting Galen.
Update Time For Grayson!!
Monday, May 4, 2015
When we met Grayson (read his advocacy post here) he walked into the room with a smile on his face. He was eager to make connections with us and loved all of the activities we did with him. He posed for pictures and watched as we printed one out for him then he wanted to pose with one of his friends and have that photo printed too.
April was drawing with several of the older kids and asked them to draw themselves by looking at their printed pictures. Grayson did a beautiful job with his self portrait and when April showed him the row of rabbits across his sweater he carefully added them to his picture.
He has the greatest laugh! Keely did some cognitive tests with each child and he thought some of the pictures were so funny! He wasn't the only one laughing because his laugh is just so infectious that Keely and several other kids were laughing too!
Even as he was leaving the room he was waving and telling us good-bye. Grayson would love to have a family of his own! Is he your son? I so want to see him adopted before he is close to aging out! Please share his posts and help this deserving boy's family find him!
Please contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri.org for more information on adopting Grayson!
April was drawing with several of the older kids and asked them to draw themselves by looking at their printed pictures. Grayson did a beautiful job with his self portrait and when April showed him the row of rabbits across his sweater he carefully added them to his picture.
He has the greatest laugh! Keely did some cognitive tests with each child and he thought some of the pictures were so funny! He wasn't the only one laughing because his laugh is just so infectious that Keely and several other kids were laughing too!
Even as he was leaving the room he was waving and telling us good-bye. Grayson would love to have a family of his own! Is he your son? I so want to see him adopted before he is close to aging out! Please share his posts and help this deserving boy's family find him!
Please contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri.org for more information on adopting Grayson!
I Think It Is Time For Some Updates! {Gus}
Friday, May 1, 2015
You can read an advocacy post about Gus here. It will tell you what you need to know about him, but...
That was written before we met him. Everything in that post remains correct, but...
Oh my! He is so much more than that!
He was very sober when he came into the room, stoic, even. I was taking pictures of him and asked Gongzhan to ask him to smile (this was before I very proudly learned to say "smile" myself!). He told Gongzhan he couldn't and I dropped it, but...
It wasn't long before Tanna had him joining in a fun game with a ball. At first he covered his mouth when he smiled. Later he didn't even care when he saw I was capturing his smile on camera. This all happened in under an hour. Can you imagine how he would open up with his own family?
All of us ended up really loving this "stoic" little boy with the wonderful smile! He ended up being very playful and quite a tease!
Could Gus be your son? Please contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information about adopting Gus.
That was written before we met him. Everything in that post remains correct, but...
Oh my! He is so much more than that!
He was very sober when he came into the room, stoic, even. I was taking pictures of him and asked Gongzhan to ask him to smile (this was before I very proudly learned to say "smile" myself!). He told Gongzhan he couldn't and I dropped it, but...
It wasn't long before Tanna had him joining in a fun game with a ball. At first he covered his mouth when he smiled. Later he didn't even care when he saw I was capturing his smile on camera. This all happened in under an hour. Can you imagine how he would open up with his own family?
All of us ended up really loving this "stoic" little boy with the wonderful smile! He ended up being very playful and quite a tease!
Could Gus be your son? Please contact April Uduhiri at april.uduhiri@gladney.org for more information about adopting Gus.
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