Randy

Boy, Born August 17, 1996

Asia

Randy is a very special child with immense potential with a loving family!   He is almost 12 years old now.  His birth family has quite a painful and sad history (available for adoptive families but won't be printed here).  He his totally healthy and active and is developing well cognitively, but he has moderate hearing lossin both ears and a speech impairment because of it.  He struggled a lot early on, but since he was given a hearing aid, his whole world has opened up for him.  He attends a special school for the deaf, and is studying sign lanugage.  he recives speech therapy, but has been diagnosed with apraxia and delayed expressive and receptive skills due to his lack of hearing for so long.

Randy has lived in several orphanages and facilities in his short life, so he will need a family who is experienced with these transitions.  He has not been diagnosed with RAD, but he needs a loving family who can help him through a difficult transition when he gets home.  He has no concept of "permanance".  He does not show any ill behaviors to warn families about, but just his general life experiences will demand an experienced family of older adopted children.

Randy is offered through a very stable and well-established program, with easy family and travel requirements, and relatively low cost.    Full medical and social history is available.  We are so excited to have this new program open, and hope to find a family for Randy  very quickly! 

• Married couples only

• Mother can be no more than 45 years older than the child, father's age is flexible

• Must be married at least 5 years

• Larger family size considered based on child desired

• One trip, only 7 days!

Please contact Andrea directly for more information!

Total fees approx $19k

Girl, 8 years old

Additional info coming soon!

• Married couples only

• NO TRAVEL REQUIRED

• If you travel, only one parent must go for 1 week

• Low cost, under $15k

• Infants available

• No parental age cap, but must be at least 25 years old

• No family size limitations

Please contact Carla at About A Child for more info!

Girl, 12 years old

Additional info coming soon!

• Married couples only

• NO TRAVEL REQUIRED

• If you travel, only one parent must go for 1 week

• Low cost, under $15k

• Infants available

• No parental age cap, but must be at least 25 years old

• No family size limitations

Please contact Carla at About A Child for more info!

Girl, 8 years old

Additional info coming soon!

• Married couples only

• NO TRAVEL REQUIRED

• If you travel, only one parent must go for 1 week

• Low cost, under $15k

• Infants available

• No parental age cap, but must be at least 25 years old

• No family size limitations

Please contact Carla at About A Child for more info!

Girl, 11 years old

Additional info coming soon!

• Married couples only

• NO TRAVEL REQUIRED

• If you travel, only one parent must go for 1 week

• Low cost, under $15k

• Infants available

• No parental age cap, but must be at least 25 years old

• No family size limitations

Please contact Carla at About A Child for more info!

Nikola

Boy, Born 2001

Eastern Europe

Nikola is a sweet, loving little boy (despite this bothered scowl!) who has been living in the orphanage since birth.   He has brown hair and brown eyes.  He was born with CP, partial epilepsy, and nystagmus.

Nick is receiving antiepileptic drug therapy, and is doing well.  The muscle tone in his arms and legs has increased, and his muscle strength is normal.  On both hands you can see dystonic movements/involuntary movements and prolonged muscle contraction.  He walks unsteadily with a wide base gait.  He can make about 20 steps without support, and is quite skillful in various motor activities.

Nick is now 5yrs 6 months old, and is distinguished by a neat and sweet appearance. He is open hearted at all times (very giving and loving), distinctively interested in his world around him, and loves the attention and affection of his caregivers and adults.  His motor and cognitive actions are generally more difficult and slower because of his CP, but he uses his body, arms and legs very well to get around and explore his world.  He has a good attention span and he likes to do spontaneous exercise attempts.  Of course, his speech abilities are diminished but he needs and enjoysverbal and nonverbal communication with others.  He uses babbling, some simple words, and is trying to connect two words in simple sentence.  He will really blossom with therapy, just imagine his potential!

Although his intellectual capacity is significantly diminished to the level of moderate mental retardation, supported by good adoptive home-family life and special education programs, he might be advanced and relieved of some developmental difficulties up to the level of mild mental retardation.  Nikola is successful in the training process of elementary self care: feeding, toilet needs, dressing, escaping dangers.  He is truly  recommended and will really thrive in a family environment!

• NO AGENCY FEES

• Married couples only, under 50 years of age preferably

• No more than 5 children (at home or own their own)

• TOTALLY CLEAN criminal background check

• Parents should be general healthy

• Both parents travel for approx 15 days

• Total with travel and home study under $16k

• Short simple dossier

 There is no "court"...only a beautiful "adoption ceremony".  Orphanage donations are not required.   Short, simple dossier, very short wait for travel once your dossier is submitted.  This is a very easy program, and we could get many children with Down syndrome out of this country with minimal costs and easy travel requirements.

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

Stefan

Boy, 7 years old

Eastern Europe

Stefan is so handsome!  Stefan is diagnosed with ADHD.  He is considered mildly delayed, but this could simply be an institutional delay accompanied by a learning disability because of his ADHD.   He loves to be around other people, hugged and loved.  He is sensitive and can tell when someone doesn't like him him.  His behavior is much better in small groups, and he would significantly benefit from help in school, behavior therapy, and medication. 

ADHD is so common, and there are so many resources in our families and communities to help Stefan be all that he should be!

• NO AGENCY FEES

• Married couples only, under 50 years of age preferably

• No more than 5 children (at home or own their own)

• TOTALLY CLEAN criminal background check

• Parents should be general healthy

• Both parents travel for approx 15 days

• Total with travel and home study under $16k

• Short simple dossier

 There is no "court"...only a beautiful "adoption ceremony".  Orphanage donations are not required.   Short, simple dossier, very short wait for travel once your dossier is submitted.  This is a very easy program, and we could get many children with Down syndrome out of this country with minimal costs and easy travel requirements.

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

My forever family found me!

Vladislav

Boy, 10 years old

Eastern Europe

AVAILABLE MAY 2008

 Vlad is a very handsome and friendly typical little boy with light brown hair and blue eyes.  He is reserved, but very friendly and warm once he gets to know you.  A family met this boy recently when adopting and only had very good things to say about him.  He is normal developmentally.  His only medical condition is a mild arm deformity “narrow lower arm” on one of his arms, another term used in his medical file is “shrunken arm on lower part”. The only picture we have of his arm is below and it shows perfectly normal fingers and hand below a normal start of the forearm.  This is a special needs adoption.  He is  healthy otherwise and the arm is not a severe deformity. 

• Single women and married couples may apply

• No upper age limit for parents

• No stated family size restrictions

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• One parent can return home while the other stays for 3 weeks  OR both parents can go home after court and only one must return in 3 weeks to complete the adoption  (about 4-5 days)

Sergey

Boy, 7 years old

NO AGENCY OR INTERNATIONAL FEES!!!

My forever family found me!

Freddie

Boy, Born June 4, 1995

Eastern Europe

Freddie is an amazing little boy who needs a chance to have a loving family.   He struggles with a mild form of epilepsy, but it is on medication each day that has been successful in controlling it.   He is living in a regular orphanage for typical children, although normally a child with this "disability" would be sent to an institution.   He is an orphanage favorite, and the director there wants him to have a family so badly. 

Freddie is a beautiful boy with dark hair and brown eyes.   He is calm and friendly and affectionate and very very smart.    His mother died when he was only 3, and his father's rights were terminated in 2006, so he so desperately needs a mommy and a daddy who will never leave him. 

From our missionary who has visited him and assisted with child hosting programs from his orphanage recently:  "

I'm hosting other kids from his orphanage and visit with him all the time.  Unfortunately, this is not the first hosting we're doing from this orphanage and we were not able to find a family to host him because of his epilepsy.  I went to his orphanage the other day again to take new photos and chat with the director - and Freddie took me out by the hand and asked "why do other kids go to U.S. and get adopted and me not - is it because I have epilepsy?" And tears came to his eyes.... and I thought I will kill or die but to find a family for him. I changed the subject and we talked about other things and he struck me again by being so smart and logical.  He is just a great boy and I really hope you can help find a family for him.  I have not given his info to anybody except my hosting partner agency, and they pretty much told me that they won't be able to host him and I need to find somebody to adopt him. Other children love him and take special care of him. The director went on about that – I almost cried when she said: “It’s amazing how all kids in our orphanage help him.  He had a seizure once and another boy put his own hand into Freddie's mouth to make sure he does not bite off his tongue…”

This incredible little boy needs you!!!   Please adopt him before he ages out and can't be adopted any longer!

• Married couples only may apply

• No more than 45 years between parent and child

• No stated family size restrictions

• Total with travel approx $22k

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• Both parents return home for 3 weeks, and  only one must return to complete the adoption for approx 4-5 days

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

for Freddie