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。。雌“惟Nc‘{.，AForeignerInChinaioinedourconversationandaskedifwewereinterestedinadoption.1wasinterested，butdeepdownIknewourfamilycouldneveraffordit.Afewdayslater,thewomanap—proachedmeagainandsaidthatifmyhusbandand1wantedtoadoptalittlegirlfromChina，sheandherhusbandwouldfinancetheentirething.1wasIostforwords!God’sgenerositywasgoingtomakemydreamcometrue!大概一年后，我一位朋友从中国任教回来，在我们的教堂讲述她在中国的经历。做完礼拜后，我向她打听她提到的中国有一些需要家庭的孤女的情况。另一位妇女也加入了我们的谈话，问我们是否有兴趣收养一名孤儿。我确有此意。但说实在的，我们家根本收养不起。几天后。那名妇女又问及此事，并表示如果我和我丈夫想要收养一名中国女童，她和她丈夫将负担全部资金。我几乎说不出话来。上苍如此慷慨，终于要让我梦想成真了。Thusbegantheprocessthattooknearlythreeyearstocomplete.First，wehadtofindatrustworthyadop—tionagencytoworkwith.Thencameallthepaperwork!OncethiswassubmittedtoChina，ittookmanymonthswhilewewaitedourturnfortheChinaCenterforAdop—tionA仟airstosendustheinforma—tiononthebabytheyhadmatcheduswith.Thedaythe—re—f—e—r—ra—lenve—lopearrived，myhusbandandIandourtwoboysallcrowdedaround，waitingtoseethelittlegirl’sface.Whenwesawthepictures，wealllaughedatthecuteandinnocentlittlefacelookingbackatus!Wehadn。texpectedhereyestobeso058Ⅱ-盱代sepc刚☆)甘2037bigandround!1wassoexcitedthatlshowedherpicturetoalIofmyfriends.Icouldn’twaittogotoChinatogether.Ididn。trealizethatourwaitwouldbeex—tendedbecauseofthehealthdisasterthatseemedtocomeoutofnowhereinChinaatthattime：the.d.....r...e....a....d.....e..—d—SARSvirus.于是，持续三年的收养程序就此开始了。首先，我们需找一家可靠、信誉较好的收养机构联系该事宜。接着就是准备各种各样的材料。把材料提交给中国方面后，我们又等了好几个月，中国的收养中心才将他们给我们安排的收养对象的信息发给我们。我们接到转介信的那天，全家都围过来等着看一看小女孩的面孔。看到照片上天真可爱的小脸望着我们。大家都笑了。我们没想到她的眼睛这么大这么圆。我高兴得将monthsbeforewewouldbeallowedtotraveItoChina.Myhusband，ourboysandlwereall—devas—tated.Itseemedlikewewerenevergoingt0getourlittlegirl!我们的行程向后推迟了六周。然而，就在我们按计划即将成行的前几天，收养中心又和我们取得联系，行程再次推迟。他们希望再等上几周，直到确定非典疫情不再危险为止。我好失望啊。一个月后，当我们收拾好行李准备第二天前往中国时，我们又接到了电话。行程再一次被取消。这avingcomefromhalfaworldaway,mybabyandl一一一一一Were1r_na¨VIoInea，togetherasmotheranddaughter.照片拿给我所有的朋友看。我迫不及待得要去中国将她带到我们身边。但我没意识到，由于当时中国突如其来的非典疫情，人人胆颤心惊。这场健康危机使我们的等待又延长下去。Ourtripwasinitiallydelayedby6weeks.Howeve~afewdaysbeforeoursched—uledflight，theadoptionagencycon—tactedustodelayagain.TheywantedtowaitafewweeksmoretobesuretheSARSviruswasnolongerarisk.1wassodisappointed.Amonthlater,allourbagswerepackedandwewerescheduledtoleavethefollowingmorningwhenwereceivedanotherphonecall.Yetagain，ourtriphadbeencanceled.Thistimewehadnoideaifitwouldbeweeksor次，我们不知道得再等上几周还是数月才允许放行。一家人简直快绝望了!我们似乎永远也收养不了我们的小女孩了!Threeweekswentb~andfinallythecallcamewithgoodnews：itwasnowcon—sideredsafetotraveItoChina.Ourfam—ily,togetherwithsixotherfamilieswhowerealsoadopting，flewintoShanghaionJune1，2003.TheairportinShanghaiwasdesolate；theSARSepidemichadobviouslyhadaseriouseffectonairlinetravel.OurChinese—f—a———c——i—l—i—t——a——t——o——rwelcomedus，putusalIonabus，andexplainedwhatwouldhappeninthedaysahead.Shetolduswewouldmeetourbabiesthenextday.Inspiteoftheexhaustingjourney1wassoexcitedIcouldhardly