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[quilterknits]

Hi there,
Last night my husband went to WinterJam to volunteer and signed us up to sposor a little girl from India. I couldn't recieve the photo or bio of her until he got home. When I saw her, it took my breath away. She is a 2 year old, who is listed as special needs. She looks like my son! My husband and I have two kids 4, and 6. She is two. So she would fit quite well into our child spacing. I know this is going to sound crazy, but has anyone ever been able to adopt their sponsored child? How would one go about finding out if she is available for adoption? My husband is military and we have my friends who have adopted. We talked about it a bit a year ago. But, then we had a personal tragedy that put us on hold for a year. On her bio it said her mother passed away. My heart broke. I know this sounds so crazy. But, I cannot get this little one out of my head. Any advice you have is well appreciated. I couldn't sleep this morning thinking of her.

[gaylors79]

I don't have experience or know anyone who has adopted the child they were sponsoring, but it doesn't hurt to ask!! I would ask Holt what they know about that situation.

Sara

[Sandwich in Wi]

You can check on the South Asia photolisting for Indian children. There are only 3 WC available currently. When you get her info sheet (or maybe it says it on there already) at the very bottom it will state her status, which may be "not available for adoption" "available for in-country or out-of-country (international) adoption" or "matched with a family."

As far as the India program, you cannot adopt a previously identified child. There are many families in the India program, so if she is available, my guess is that she will be quickly matched with a family already in process. The waiting list is quite long. If she does not fit the requested profile of any of the families in process, she will appear on the photolisting online and THEN you could request her.

However, India has very recently revamped their whole process and children are now being matched at the national level. I'm not sure how waiting children are being handled, but much of what Holt has done in the past with regard to adoptions has now been altered.

You can certainly call Holt and ask, but my guess is the chance of adopting her is very, very small. However, adopting from India is a WONDERFUL blessing and if you can open your heart to a different child, I'd apply to adopt through Holt again in a heartbeat. There very well may be a DIFFERENT little girl who is meant for your family, and while you might not be able to adopt THIS little girl, maybe she has been the catalyst to bring you to your ACTUAL child.

Please join us on the India board if you have more questions about the process or adoption from India.

BLESSINGS!
Sandwich

[elfkin]

I have heard of some loopholes where you can adopt a sponsored child....just sayin'.

[quilterknits]

Hi there, we did get the sponsorship packet and it says that she is available for adoption and that is all. It does not give details. She is not meeting her social or verbal milestones at this time. So we are going to call Holt and discuss with them the possibility of adopting her. Thanks for all of your advice and positive thoughts. I am thinking that since she is listed as special needs, and she does also have a heart condition that she should be able to be adopted sooner? We are going to start with the webinar on adoption this week and go from there. Has anyone been to VSK in the last 6 months? That is where she is. Her name is Muskan.

[elfkin]

Hi there, we did get the sponsorship packet and it says that she is available for adoption and that is all. It does not give details. She is not meeting her social or verbal milestones at this time. So we are going to call Holt and discuss with them the possibility of adopting her. Thanks for all of your advice and positive thoughts. I am thinking that since she is listed as special needs, and she does also have a heart condition that she should be able to be adopted sooner? We are going to start with the webinar on adoption this week and go from there. Has anyone been to VSK in the last 6 months? That is where she is. Her name is Muskan.

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep us posted!!!!!!!

[mnhutson]

We'd love an update!

[NorthPoles]

I would love to hear if you ever found out about adopting her.

[quilterknits]

Hi there,
Sorry to post and not return. Our sponsored girl from India was adopted by a family in Norway. We are very happy for her and will always be thankful we were able to sponsor her. Shortly after I wrote this my husband was deployed for over 6 months. Then he came home and was sent to do a school for a month. This has been very hard on our son and we haven't even discussed adoption since then. He is due home in 5 days and hopefully we can start to talk again about adoption in the next year.