Gladney Blog

What is sweeter than sisters? We met Nila {8} and Nikki {7} together then spent time with each separately when we were in Taiwan earlier this month. They are both sweet girls. Nikki, though younger is the leader of the two when they are together. Nila is more quiet and shy while Nikki is more talkative and active. The girls live in separate foster homes but do spend time together and get along well.

Jordan is an 8 year old boy who is described as obedient and soft-spoken. He enjoys board games, drawing, and playing outside. He was pretty shy and quiet and had a bit of a nervous blinking habit which disappeared once he was more comfortable.

We went rolling into Cathwel on our first morning in Taiwan last week, all excitement with just a few nerves mixed in. It had been 4 years! Would we still remember what we needed to do? How long would it take us to hit our stride? Then 2 little ones came in. They were both around 3-4 years old. Both absolutely adorable. I saw Nancy pull out a screening sheet and start getting the matching toys out. I knew we were back for real and we were going to be just fine.

It’s hard to believe that our time seeing children is over. We met 54 children between Cathwel and Chung Yi. They were all children we had never met in person.

What a pleasure to walk in to see the people here at Chung Yi that we haven’t seen for 4 years! There were many new faces - time certainly brings changes, but it is good to be back!

As we are getting ready to leave for Taiwan in just a couple of days, we wanted to share one last post about our how we’ll spend our time in Taiwan during this Superkids trip.

As we are preparing to head out for our Superkids trip at the end of this week, we thought it would be fun to share about a few of the children we are expecting to meet with each day of our trip! If you’ve been following our Superkids blog for a while, these may be some familiar faces.

As we prepare for our Superkids trip in a just over a week, we thought it would be fun to share about a few of the children we are expecting to meet with each day of our trip! If you’ve been following our Superkids blog for a while, these may be some familiar faces.