Jack: An 8 Year Old Adopted from Krasnoyarsk

Dear Mr. President,

My name is Jack McLaughlin.  My Mom and Dad adopted me from Krasnoyarsk, Russia when I was 32 months old. My adoptive parents came to play with me in the orphanage.

I am now 8 years old.  When I left Russia and went to the United States of America, I went to our house.  I saw that I had two sisters and two brothers.  I like to play with my brothers and sisters a lot.  I like to play games and go to parks.  I like to play Hide and Go Seek with them.  I like to play with them in the snow, too.  I like to play in my front and backyard when it is hot.  I like to play football in the front yard and play trucks in the backyard with my sister, Mary Christine.

I like to go out to dinner with my family to restaurants.  I like to play on the playground at McDonalds and Burger King.  I like to say prayers and go to Church together.  I like to play tag with my Dad in our backyard.  I like to spend time with my Mom when it is quiet.  I like to go to the swimming pool.  I like to go to my Grandma’s house and play.

Please let Russian children come to live with families in the United States instead of orphanages.

From,

Jack McLaughlin

Patrick: A 13 Year old Adopted from Krasnoyarsk

Dear President Putin,

    Hi, my name is Patrick McLaughlin and I was born in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. I used to live in an orphanage in Kansk until I was adopted by a great family. I am an adopted Russian who has spent a great quantity of my life, living a dream that would never existed if it wasn’t for Americans to adopt Russian children. I live with two great parents who take care of me and provide me with the education and love which I know a lot of kids don’t have in Russia now. I also am blessed with seven incredible siblings who always make my day, one way or another. Plus three of my siblings are from Russia too, and my parents even went to the next step by getting my biological brother Jack. We are all very smart, healthy, and loved by wonderful parents and that is all you need to fulfill a wonderful life.
    Now Mr. President I have heard you signed a bill that does not allow Americans to adopt Russian kids. As you can see, the adopted Russian kids in America are happier and healthier than the kids that still live in Russian orphanages. All I want is any kind of caring, nice families, who want beautiful children in their life from Russia to be given that opportunity. Mr. Putin, my life has changed in such a positive way I can not start to describe it. All the terrific things I have been able to see, all the new foods I got to try, so please don’t take that opportunity away from families like mine. Mr. Putin, the decision is in your hands you can either bring together nations, families, and cultures or you can throw all of it out of the window where nobody can reach it.
   
   
    With Great Thanks,
   
  Patrick McLaughlin

William: A 14 Year Old Adopted from Krasnoyarsk

Dear President Putin,

    Hi, my name is William McLaughlin. I am in eighth grade in the Kirkwood School District. I was adopted from the orphanage in Minusink, Krasnoyarsk in 1999. I was already in the orphanage over sixteen months. My adopters were living in the United States for all of their lives and they are the best parents. They provide me with a wonderful education, great food to eat, a nice house to live in, and brothers and sisters to play with. Three of my brothers and sisters were adopted from Russia also. The day I was adopted, was the best day of my life. It felt like it was a new beginning.
    So, I heard you passed a law that “only” Americans can’t adopt Russians anymore. I think that kids up for adoption should have the chance to have a new life by getting new parents who are willing to take care of them and make that child’s life change forever. In that orphanage, I thought that I would never have a great family to take care of me and give me opportunities. I want all Russians to have the chance of getting this wonderful chance like I had. I know that there could be thousands of Russians in orphanages that are waiting every day to be adopted, but since you passed this law, they will have no chances of having a good life with parents who love them. Please, change this law and you could make thousands of orphans have families. It’s your decision. Make thousands of orphans have loving families, or leave helpless kids in orphanages never have a loving family for the rest of their lives. You decide.




                                        Sincerely,
                                        William McLaughlin
                                   

                            

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