Beijing.

Our son is waiting for us in Beijing…

This is a picture of Logan’s current home, the Beijing Children’s Welfare Institute…

This is where he spends his days, unaware that his forever family is eagerly awaiting the end of this journey; wanting so much for the process to be finished and for Logan to be in our arms.

I often wonder how he spends his days.

Who is his favorite playmate?

Does he have a favorite toy?

Who was there when he rolled over for the first time,

Or began to crawl,

Or when he took his first step?

Did they cheer him on?  Clap for him or swing him round and round at the delight of reaching such milestones?

We’ve been given some insight into his daily life.

We know his daily routine, his current measurements and recent developmental progress.  We know that he likes building blocks and that he’s a favorite of his caregivers; but not much more.

We know that he doesn’t leave the orphanage, it’s his only world for now.  But not for long... 

He hasn’t been told that he now has a mommy and daddy.  They’ll tell him once our dossier is in China, they’ll begin preparing him for the transition.

For now, we’re confident that he’s being well cared for and the orphanage he’s in is one of the best in China.  From the pictures it looks clean and well stocked with fun toys and activities to keep our little guy busy!

We’re thankful for the caregivers that tend to him each day and blessed to know that the Lord is in constant watch over him…

From the Beijing Children's Welfare Institutes brochure:

Where the Love is, where the Home is

Introduction to the Center

Founded in 1984 and located in Qinghe Town, Haidian District, Beijing Welfare Center for Children is a welfare institution for orphaned and disabled children under Beijing Municipal Government. With the floor area of 248,000 sqf, it has facilities including residential building, rehabilitation building, medical treatment building, training building, and office building etc. It’s designed to have 500 beds for adoption of orphaned and disabled children from some districts and counties in Beijing.

Over 85% of the staffs in the center have received professional training. The front-line staffs include doctors, nurses, teachers, nursery governesses, nutritionists, psychiatrists, social workers and rehabilitation staffs etc.