Draft of our Adoption Application Letter

I emailed our DC this morning a draft of our adoption application letter. We were to follow a certain format provided by HFS. Many thanks to Karen Petty for looking over this for us and helping us improve the letter. Also, thanks to those that sent us your letters as well. I got some great ideas.



It is our most heartfelt desire to adopt a healthy infant child under the age of twelve (12) months age from within your country. It does not matter to us the sex of the child as either a boy or a girl would be most welcomed into the heart of our family.

We are ready to expand our family by adopting a child. We currently have one son, Logan, who is three (3) years old. In the past, we have experienced the loss of twins at eight weeks gestation and more recently, the loss of a daughter at 19 weeks gestation. At that time, we found ourselves researching adoption from China as it has been in our hearts for several years now. After undergoing infertility treatments and multiple pregnancy losses, we have come to realize that adoption is the perfect fit for our family. Our hearts lead us to your country as we look to fulfill and complete our family. We have so much respect for the Chinese people, their many great contributions to civilization and long impressive history. In addition, China's international adoption program has an excellent reputation for being fair, honest and efficient.

William works as a consultant for a software testing company and Melissa stays home full time to care for our young son, Logan. Our hobbies and interests include playing musical instruments, reading, spending time with friends, involvement in church activities, computers and watching movies together. Our son is excited about having a new sibling and looks forward to his role as “big brother.” Our free time as a family is spent with our son reading to him, going to parks and the zoo, engaging in recreational activities as well as playing games at home.

We promise not to abandon or abuse our adopted child and also promise to treat our adopted child the same as our biological child. We further promise to raise the adopted child so that he / she can grow up in a healthy manner. We both feel education is very important and will help him / her to enjoy learning and strive to be the best he / she can be. We will encourage our adopted child the exact same way we do our son, Logan, to explore different activities to find what he / she has a passion for. We will have regular medical exams to make sure that he / she grows up healthy and happy.

We humbly thank the China Center of Adoption Affairs for considering our request to adopt a healthy infant child, less than twelve (12) months of age. It is an honor to be considered and we thank you for helping realize our dreams of parenthood.

Warmest Regards,