Help spread the word!

I am posting this to ask  for your help in "spreading the word" to friends and family about our ongoing adoption fundraiser Eva's Bags.  Those of you interested in this can do one of two simple things that have the potential to help us tremendously in our fundraising efforts.

1.) Create a chain e-mail to those in your e-mail contact list and provide the link to our Etsy shop. Just ask whoever you send this to keep passing it on to their friends...there are 12 more brand new beautiful bags that just came available.  Here is the direct link to our updated Etsy shop and adoption blog. 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Chinadreams

2.) For those of you with Facebook, a blog or a website..if you are willing to help us increase visibility this way, please add us to your blogs or  Facebook! A simple and potentially effective way to help us in our cause! Include our link above or better yet, create a button for people to click on ! Here is a "badge" you can cut and paste into your blog, Facebook or website that will link your visitors to our shop! 

Thank you all for your continued support and prayers for bringing Eva home!

Best Wishes!

Laura & David Wagner 

Where are we?

The Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs ( CCAA) has completed the matching process for families with dossiers registered through June 2, 2006.  The CCAA has completed the review of dossiers registered through June 30, 2010. The CCAA was closed from February 1-8, 2011 in observance of Chinese New Year. The next referral update should come later this month or in early March.  The next batch of families to receive their referral are at the the top of the list with a log in date June 5, 2006 and they will have experienced a 4.6 year referral timeframe.    We logged in March 2010 ..been almost a year. here is where we are at...scroll down. Please pray for all the children waiting for their forever home, for these families...for peace and perseverance as they wait. Also pray for the dedicated people at the CCAA as they work to match each family with their child and that the pace of referrals will begin to pick up.

Pending Referral:
LID June 5, 2006
LID June 8, 2006
LID June 19, 2006
LID June 23, 2006
LID July 4, 2006
LID July 11, 2006
LID July 14, 2006
LID August 3, 2006
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LID August 29, 2006
LID September 2006
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LID December 2006
LID January 2007
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LID April 2007
LID May 2007
LID June 2007
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LID December 2007
LID January 2008
LID February 2008
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LID January 2009
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LID June 2009
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LID August 2009
LID September 2009
LID October 2009
LID November 2009
LID December 2009
LID January 2010
LID February 2010
LID March 2010 - Hi! here we are! 
LID April 2010
LID May 2010
LID June 2010

2011 Year of the Rabbit - Chinese Lunar New Year

Year 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit by the Chinese calendar.  A placid year is anticipated and very much welcomed after the ferocious year of the Tiger. The Rabbit, or Hare as he is referred to in Chinese mythology, is the emblem of longevity


Chinese New Year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. The 15th day of the new year is called the Lantern Festival, which is celebrated at night with lantern displays and children carrying lanterns in a parade. 
The Chinese calendar is based on a combination of lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. In order to "catch up" with the solar calendar the Chinese insert an extra month once every few years (seven years out of a 19-yearcycle). This is the same as adding an extra day on leap year. This is why, according to the solar calendar, the Chinese New Year falls on a different date each year. 


New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are celebrated as a family affair, a time of reunion and thanksgiving.  Departed relatives are remembered with great respect because they were responsible for laying the foundations for the fortune and glory of the family.