Shout Outs !

I have to give props to the following websites.

www.blessedkids.com and www.research-china.org

Adele Hall provides a wonderful service with her site ... Blessed Kids.
I was able to obtain the address for her contact in Beijing. I mailed a care-package to Mari-Grace at the orphange via the contact. This contact was able to track the package, and she called to follow-up to make sure the package was received. Thru this phone call, the contact obtained the most up to date measurements, and she was able to confirm that the orphange answered a list of questions that I sent.

At this time, Adele is in the process of translating the answers for me.

Adele does charge a fee for these services, but as an adoptive parent, the services are worth the fee.
Adele has responded to all of my e-mails personally.
I can't praise her enough !!! Thanks to her, Mari-Grace has her very own luvy Rabbit, and a photo album with pictures of the family.

Brian Stuy the gentleman that runs www.research-china.org . He is known for locating finding ads. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this, a finding ad is a notice run in the local Chinese newspaper. . . it shows the baby's picture, and lists where she/he was found and where she/he is located in case the birth family wants to re-claim the child. This is quite often the only baby picture adoptive parents have of their child. Brian also provides information on the province and orphange for some SWI locations. I was able to order a video of the Datong SWI where Mari-Grace has spent the first 2 years of her life. This video also shows the city of Datong, and talks about it's coal mining industry, the hanging monestery, the grottoes, and numerous other things.

I am so thankful that there are people out there who provide these wonderful services.