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Referral Information |
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Mike and Judy Rinehart |
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Age:Mike - 46 Judy - 49 |
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Agency:CCAI |
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Dossier to China:May 25, 2000 |
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Email Address:[email protected] |
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ACR:9 mo's - 3 yrs, AYAP |
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DOR:April 17, 2001 |
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Chinese Name: Tan Ren Cai |
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Birthdate: July 17, 2000 |
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Residing in: Changsha 1st Children's Welfare Institute, Hunan Province |
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Personal: Judith and I were both late starters, both married for the first time in our forties. We are both eldest children and our parents had given up hope that we would ever find that special person. I was working in Melbourne, Australia on a banking software project when Judith and I met at a Red Cross charity ball (we both love telling the story, but that is for another time). An opportunity came up for me to return to the states to a software project in Dallas and when I told Judith she agreed it would be a great adventure. Anyway, being a bit older neither of us had ever thought we would have children. We read in the Dallas paper about Chinese adoptions, and the next thing you know we were "pregnant". We had a little delay in the process while we had some discussions about the upcoming changes in lifestyle and bought a house and stuff, but attacked the paperwork early in 2000 with great excitement. While I admit to occasional moments of anxiety about becoming a new parent at 46 (47 by the time we travel to get her) I don't think I have been this excited about anything in my life. Judith is a school teacher and since she deals with children every day has a few more reservations about this whole thing but has always wanted a child and I think once little Meiling (current name choice) is home I think we will really get into this. I have seen her with all the nieces and nephews and she is a natural. |
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