Stories about Adoption in Hanoi
A Gift of Love: One Adoptive Mother's StoryLinda Holland-Browne - lhollandbrowne [71] This article first appeared in North Bay Adoptions , Reaching Out, Winter/Spring 1998 . Reprinted with permission. The torn and dirty fingernails of the woman, whose workworn hands reached out to take...
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Traveling to Vietnam for Adoption?Timothy Swanson - tswanson [89] Not sure what to bring? Here's what's important - and why. My wife and I had received our referral and were awaiting notification to travel. Of course we were ready to go on a moment's notice - or at...
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Cailey's StoryCarla Newton - cnewton [64] Total Chaos. There is no noise, nothing is moving, but from the floor up, oh, 6 inches or so, chaos reins. It wasn't always this way, well not on a regular basis anyway. It started on February 9th, in...
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Hoa Binh Heals the ChildrenJean Nelson-Erichsen - jnelson-erichsen [165] Scenes at a Vietnamese Social Service Center. A crying unwed mother hands over a pale, lethargic newborn boy to the orphanage director. A whimpering two year old girl, feverish and covered with insect...
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HeartbeatEllen Warnock - ewarnock [79] "Would you like me to go with you to Vietnam?" These words, spoken half in jest months before, brought me to Hanoi this past January. I stood in the doorway of Tu Liem Orphanage, watching as two...
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Vietnam ImpressionsBrent Babow - bbabow [77] First published in North Bay Adoptions , Reaching Out, Summer 1996 We got the call on April 22, "Get here as soon as you can." After accepting the referral for our daughter Maya on March 21, this was...
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Precisely Halfway Around the World: Adoption JourneyRosemary Shannon - rshannon [153] I stepped out of the airplane into the heat and humidity of Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 15, 1998. After spending nearly 24 hours in airplanes from Fort Wayne to Vietnam, Dad and I were almost precisely...
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A Humanitarian Journey to Hoah BinhJean Nelson-Erichsen - jnelson-erichsen [165] Author's Note: Heino and I arrived in Vietnam to the sound of drumbeats and singing. We paraded with villagers and were invited to a tea and betel nut ceremony. We had traveled there at the invitation...
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Resolve and Other Adoption GroupsGlobal Directions Inc. - Global_Directions [4,711] Resolve Resolve is an organization that provides timely, compassionate, and informed help to people who are experiencing the infertility crisis or have had difficulty in building their families, and...
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