Jalin is our friend at the Rose of Sharon Orphanage in the Dominican Republic. He going to be 11 on November 18! He came to the orphanage when he was 5 and is just the greatest kid ever. He has such a good heart and the best laugh ever. The great thing about this past year is that we took video of him so know we can hear his voice and get love bursts when we hear his laugh!
Brooks and Sharon Way will go down to visit in early November so Marc and I need to prepare his birthday card now to send down with them. We're going to make the card because, believe it or not, they don't sell a lot of Spanish birthday cards in central PA. I know, I was shocked too. Go figure.
I attempted to use Google Translator to type out what we wanted to say, but failed epically. Malea loving corrected all of the mistakes and sent it back to me so we wouldn't look like complete doofuses when we made his card. I learned one thing during this: 1. Google translator isn't that great. (note to self: tell high school kids not to use it for their homework) and I made one assumption during this process: 1. Malea likes us enough to not give us something to say in Spanish that makes us look "quirky". I'm pretty sure she likes us and gave us the correct translation :)
I can't believe we have to wait eight long months until we see him again, but at least we can send a note to him now to let him know we think about him ALL year long and that he is loved!
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