Adopting Shiloh

Hello! Welcome to our journey! We are Daniel and Elizabeth Thorndike and we are excited to tell you what we have been up to...

Since the day we said “I do” adoption has been on our hearts!  We have 3 beautiful children who make our lives magical and teach us more about ourselves every day. We love being parents and have had some beautiful lessons of unconditional love along the way. With the birth of our second daughter, Shelby, God took us on a new amazing adventure. She was unexpectedly born with Down Syndrome, and since that beautiful day in March of 2011, we have learned strength, patience, how to be an amazing team, and most of all that God created each one of us uniquely, and with love and purpose!




Well…God has brought us another new adventure! Our family is excitedly adopting a young precious 7 year old girl from China that happens to have an extra chromosome as well…or Down Syndrome.  She was abandoned on the streets of China on Christmas day 2014. She was frightened and alone until the local police found her and took her in. After several days of no one coming forward, she was placed at a local orphanage. We desire to make her part of our family and would be honored to bring her home here to Washington.





The other part of this story is that she has a heart defect and needs to have surgery. God’s timing is perfect and we are doing everything we can to expedite the adoption so we can get her here to Children’s Hospital to have this important surgery. It is vital to her quality of life.

We are honored to share our news with you all, but know we cannot do this alone. We need to raise money for both the adoption and her surgery. If it is possible for you to make a financial donation to help us get our daughter here and to have this important surgery, we would be blessed and grateful! Thank you also for your thoughts and prayers, as they keep us going!

Love,

The Thorndike Family
Dan, Elizabeth, Savannah (8), Shelby(5), and Shayland(2)