Some of you may remember Eli and Ezra from Rebekah’s blog. They are two boys who have grown up in the orphanage together. In every way, but blood, they are brothers. Eli is deaf and Ezra has learned sign language in order to communicate with Eli. The two of them are always together. For this reason, they were originally available to be adopted together. Unfortunately, recent law changes has made this now impossible.Many of the laws involving adopting children in China have changed over the past several years. The vast majority of these laws have shown China’s desire to protect its children in orphanages. The changes are overall good for many Chinese children. However, one of the recent changes to the law has made it harder for these two to stay together if adopted. Children that are not related by blood can no longer be adopted together by the same family at the same time. A family could in theory adopt one child and await the specified amount of time (years) before being able to bring the other child home. This would mean that the child waiting could either age out of the adoption process or could very well be adopted by another family.There are currently only two ways that would guarantee that Eli and Ezra could stay together. The first would be to remain at the orphanage together. They would have each other to fight through life together. However, they would never know the love of a forever family. This is not the preferred option. The second option would be to find two families that live near one another that could adopt the boys. They would not get to live together, but they would hopefully be able to see each other often and continue their amazing friendship. This is what I hope for them! I would love to see them have each other and loving forever families. Their own champions who would be willing to go the extra mile just for them!
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Stephanie (Rommen) Li"Every child needs to be loved in gigantic quantities and with unbelievable quality." Archives
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