I received this Request from My Daughter as you all know is anxiously STILL waiting for her Baby from China...


Mom ......I need some more booties sent to me. Can you put out another post. Here's the reason...
As some of you may know as it's been a public news issue the past month:
China is putting forth new rules for applicants applying this year. Due to the fact that they have so many more applicants then babies "supply and demand" the time frames have increased to 24-36 months from start to finish. Its a long and frustrating wait...You may think there's no way but it is true. There are hundreds of orphanages in China that are not open to the international adoption program therefore many babies are there waiting to be adopted by the Chinese. Unfortunately with all these babies there is still a long waiting list. The Chinese that are adopting babies for themselves just look for a certain type of baby-certain features etc. It's nothing bad, it's just the way the culture is in China. Looks are #1 for women.
So I'd like to give my bootie collection to the orphanages that are domestic within China only. It just makes sense. They have more little babies waiting around then mine does and those little babies really need things .. They don't have very much..Most of the money for adoptions go to the Government and not to the orphanages.. :(
So PLEASE send more booties. They don't have to be fancy just made with love. We don't plan on traveling to China for several months so there's plenty of time.
Thank You for any that you can do..
Love April.. who is Still waiting for her China Baby...
Please email My Mom for my mailing address; peneloercola@aol.com

I was just reminded by a friend ( Barbara) not to use white yarn... They use the color white in China for Mourning......

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