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Soul Clinic International
601 East Fifth Street – Post Office Box 69
Los Angeles 53, California
Rev. J. Fred Jordan, Founder-President
July 3, 1958
Mr. and Mrs. James Jones
2327 N. Broadway
Indianapolis, Indiana
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Jones:
We are happy to acknowledge your inquiry about the possibility of adopting an orphan from Korea. We are now ready to assist you in the selection of a child for adoption and handle all the procedures pertinent to adoption and immigration.
We feel a responsibility to God and to these children to see that they are placed in homes where both parents have had a personal experience with the Lord Jesus Christ and know Him as their Savior. In our orphanage we are not only concerned that these children be cared for physically, but we feel their future rests entirely on our hands. Daily they are taught the Truths from the Scriptures and learn to pray. They are potential spiritual leaders of tomorrow, and this is our greatest concern.
Therefore, we ask that you consider this matter before going further with your application for adopting one of these children. We love them as we love our own children, and when we place them in your home it is entirely out of our hands – the responsibility for their spiritual welfare as well as their physical care becomes yours.
Photographs and all information concerning the child whom we have recommended for you will be sent to you for your approval. Confirmation or rejection or any other reaction you may have of our choice should be sent IMMEDIATELY so adoption proceedings may be continued for another selection made for your approval.
We are enclosing legal forms which are required by the Korean government and our government when you adopt a child from Korea. Please fill them out as quickly as possible and return them to us.
We would appreciate it if you would send all forms to our office by airmail to help expedite matters more promptly.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED… IT IS NECESSARY THAT ALL FORMS BE NOTARIZED.
- Power of Attorney – 3 copies (Please have copies of Power of Attorney made out to Mr. Chung Wook Lee.) These copies are enclosed.
- Statement of Adoption – 3 copies, all of which are enclosed.
- Affidavit of Support – 5 copies, all of which are enclosed.
- Marriage Certificate – 2 copies.
- Birth Certificate – 2 copies of one parent only
(The Marriage Certificate and Birth Certificate must be CERTIFIED photostatic copies notarized as being a true copy of the original).
- State Eligibility – 3 copies, (Stating that it is legal in your state to adopt a child by proxy adoption.)
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These are all the necessary papers unless your child presents a special problem, such as: a minor deformity, active tuberculosis that was not detected before the adoption was completed, skin rashes or any other disease. The children are not allowed to come to the States until they are positively well. We cannot guarantee that we can adopt a child into your home, but will do everything possible to help you in this matter.
If a child is approved for placement in your home, this child will be brought to America by plane and will be accompanied by one of our Soul Clinic missionaries who is now caring for your child in the orphanage owned and operated by the Soul Clinic International, the Buddy McDaniel Memorial Orphanage in Seoul, Korea. You must make arrangements to meet your child at the International Airport in Los Angeles, California.
The following is an itemized list of all costs involved in adopting an orphan from the Buddy Home in Korea:
- $253.00 plane fare from Seoul, Korea to Los Angeles, California, for children under 12 years.
- $25.00 for passport, visa and all legal papers for the child.
- $100.00 escort fee to help pay the fare from the missionary who will accompany your child to Los Angeles and care for him en route.
- $100.00 adoption fee which includes all overhead expenses, salaries, postage and other incidentals connected with adopting your child. This also provides board, room, and medical care for your child while he is in the Buddy Home, prior to coming to America.
The total amount is four hundred, seventy-eight dollars ($478.00) and is payable in full when your papers have been approved and the child cleared for adoption into your home.
Just prior to leaving Korea, your child will have a final physical examination and is given a physical clearance letter hospital in Seoul. The competent missionaries who are caring for the child and who will accompany him to America will give him all necessary care en route. However, should the child become sick, or die en route to America, we do not assume any responsibility, but would gladly do all we possibly can to adopt another child into your home.
If we can be of help in any way or answer any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us immediately. If necessary, you can call our Adoption Department in Los Angeles at MAdison 4-8222, or address your inquiries direct to this department, in care of Miss McCall.
Sincerely yours,
/s/ Jan McCall
Jan McCall, Executive Secretary
Adoption Department
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P.S. It is our plan to bring the first group of children to America about the first of September. Since we are considering bringing a child for you at such an early date, we are enclosing in this letter a picture and case history of the child we feel best meets the request which you made regarding age and sex.
Please notify us by telephone or telegram as quickly as you decide whether or not you would like to have this child. Then if your final papers are approved by our board, this child, upon your approval, will be placed in your home.
Please return the pictures and all papers pertaining to the child when you return your other forms, as these are the only copies we have at present. If for any reason this child is not meet with your approval, please return this information by air mail immediately so that this child might be assigned to another home and a new child selected for your home.
Since you do not live near our headquarters in Los Angeles and it is impossible for us to interview you personally, we will send someone to your home to make a Home Study for us, which is required by the Korean government before your final application is approved.
NOTE: On all forms of Statement of Adoption and Affidavit of Support the name and address of the child will be filled out in Korea. Therefore, please do not write on any of the lines that we have marked with an “X” in the left margin.