We are just shy of 72 hours before we leave.  The packing is well underway.  The snow from earlier this week is melting and we continue to be busy with those last minute details of traveling 7945 miles (thanks to Google Maps and Delta for the mileage) for a 13 day stay. 

One of the youth that will participate in the program will very soon become ineligible for adoption.  Her story and photo was received just yesterday.  I have met her before and as I look at photos from previous visits to her orphanage I see how she has grown.  She is the oldest of the youth participating in the program - and as I read this - I remember why this program is so important.  I believe that every child deserves a family to call their own. So please let me share some of her story with you now in hopes that you will share it with others.   

JONALYN

Quezon City, Philippines

Jonalyn was admitted into orphanage care when she was five years old. For a long time, she wished to be reunited with her birth parents. After several years of waiting, Jonalyn has abandoned the wish of being reunited with her birth parents and her greatest wish now is to have a family to love and care for her.

We do not have much time to find Jonalyn’s forever family.  She will turn 16 years old in June of 2015, and will then be ineligible for adoption to the United States.  All efforts to find a family for her in the Philippines have been exhausted, so this is her only hope. Please help us spread the word about this beautiful girl and help us find the family she deserves to have. 

Jonalyn will be participating in the 2014 Philippine Ambassador Program from April 23 – April 30.  Please follow our trip to learn more about Jonalyn and the other children participating in the program at http://www.lssadopt.org/AboutUs/Blog/  and https://www.facebook.com/lssadopt