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Vietnamese Counting with Chữnôm characters

Posted in All things Vietnam on June 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »

một – One

     2. hai – Two
     3. ba – Three
      4. bốn  – Four  
      5. năm  – Five
      6. sáu  – Six
       7. bẩy- Seven
       8. tám  – Eight
        9. chín – Nine
        10. mười- Ten

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Getting antsy

Posted in Adoption on June 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »

OK, so I’m starting to freak out a little.  I want to know why we haven’t heard anything yet.  I’m afraid of all the things that could go wrong. 
Maybe we were rejected and our agency doesn’t want to tell us until they get a chance to advocate for us.  Maybe our agency is being bribed [...]

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And the waiting continues…

Posted in Adoption on June 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Well, I heard from our agency on Thursday.  Basically, there is still no news. 
However, a representative will be going to Vietnam in the beginning of July.  Hopefully, if we haven’t heard something at the end of next week, we will hear soon after. 
My agency is hoping to become licensed in a couple more provinces…. which is cool.  However, [...]

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Help a family stuck in Cambodia

Posted in Off Topic on June 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

John and Kerri Evans are adoptive parents who are currently stuck in Cambodia, trying to bring home their adopted son’s biological sister. Please take a few minutes to read their story
http://www.rainbowkids.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=504 .
Even though the sister has been legally adopted in Cambodia, the US government will not recognize the adoption and allow the family to come [...]

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Still no word

Posted in Adoption on June 15, 2007 | 4 Comments »

We still have not heard anything about our dossier.  I’m really hoping that “no news is good news”.  I’ve been so busy lately at work that it is making the wait for news better though.  Maybe we will hear next week.
My friend, Paul, gave me a beautiful journal where I am writing letters to our child.  [...]

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Update on dossier

Posted in Adoption on June 2, 2007 | 4 Comments »

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Well, we got word yesterday that the translation of our dossier took a bit more time than we thought it would. So, the dossier was just submitted to the DIA (Department of International Adoption). We should know soon if we have been approved.

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