Finding Add

We just heard from a man named Brian Stuy that he has located our Samantha's finding add. This is the add the police place in the local papers to give the birth parents one last chance to claim their child before giving her solely over to the government run orphanage. Unfortunately, it would do the parents no good to come forward as I am sure they would be tossed into jail. It is hard for me to imagine opening my local newspaper, sipping my coffee and seeing my child's face there waiting for me to claim her. But of course I can't imagine the terrible circumstances the government places on birth parents that forces them into thinking abandoning their child is their only option either.
But I digress, back to the add. We purchased the copy of the newspaper, a blown up photo of her as a baby, so pre cleft surgery, and it will come translated so we will know as much as we can about her beginnings. At least the exact location, time and what she was wearing when she was abandoned. The rest, such as who her birth parents are, is for God's knowledge alone and we will leave it that way. We hope that we can raise Samantha to appreciate both her cultures in time.
But I'm off topic again, Brian has a website where you can purchase other China related stuff and is a very useful and informative site for adoptive parents and families wishing to learn more about their child's region of birth. Here is the address: www.research-china.org