Wednesday, May 28,
2014
Since I posted so
early yesterday, I have a couple new events to add from
yesterday (May 27th) evening. Mama received her first kiss from
Chloe!!! She is the sweetest little thing!!! And also she had
her first experience with food other than her formula with rice
cereal. She ate a few bites of Chinese soup when we were at
lunch. She was so cute accepting food from a spoon. Then later
she had a little baby food pouch that I brought from home and
she loved it! Her first baby food was mango, banana, orange.
Today we took a trip to Chloe's orphanage, the Xuzhou Social
Welfare Institute. To get there, we had to walk to the subway,
then ride the subway to the bullet train (packed like sardines),
then after the 1 1/2 hour train ride, we took 2 taxies and
finally arrived. Her orphanage is new, only a year old. There
are over 200 children there. We were greeted with special tea
and then the Assistant Director gave us a tour. The older
children were excited to see us. It was heartbreaking to see
that there are still so many that need homes. This orphanage is
only one of thousands in China.
Chloe's nannies were so glad to see her again. They greeted her
with hugs and kisses and teared up. We were able to thank them
for taking such good care of her. They replied "no need for
thanks." They were happy to do it. We will never forget the
experience of today.
"Pure religion
and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world." ~James 1:27 |
Yetzu with Nanny
Yetzu with another Nanny
Chloe's room |
