It was a difficult journey, but after a delightful 3 hours at the Chaoyang Airport (we were delayed), we made it to Beijing! Upon arrival, we went to a market to buy supplies for the foster homes. It was another grand adventure, fortunately, we had our fearless leader, Liz and our over zealous tour guide, Che! It is obvious that all of us are missing the luxuries of America….many conversations have included fantasies about triple shot caramel frappacinos and cheese burgers! Luckily, Che with his sharp tour guide instincts, caught onto our need for some American food and took us to Subway for lunch! It wasn’t quite what we have in Texas, California, and Washington, but it was a close second (maybe not that close) minus the vegetables, cheese, variety of breads, and condiments!!!!
We spent the afternoon at Hope Foster Home, a lovely home for special needs orphans recovering from surgery. If you have time, you should check out their website, www.hopefosterhome.com . All of the teachers in the group were amazed at how organized Hope was! I think I can venture to say that is was a real dream come true for Toni, Tracie, Liz, and Meme! All teachers love everything labeled! Robyn, the co-founder gave us a tour and then we played with the kids. It was a great experience for us all! We hope that we a little help from Ying, that maybe a couple of the babies from Chaoyang will be able to come to Hope to received the specialized care required for their conditions.
Tomorrow we visit another foster home outside of Beijing, be sure to check back with us to check in on our adventures! As of now, we do not have a talent act planned for tomorrow, but perhaps Che can get something going for us! We didn’t have any real performances today, we attempted to “rehearse” in the Beijing hotel elevator, but sadly our audience scurried off the elevator puzzled. Clearly they were not ready for the musical talents of Team Chaoyang!
Stay tuned for more Chinese adventure!
Much love,
Team Chaoyang
2 comments:
Thank you for sharing these pictures! It looks like you were there just shortly after I left China with my new daughter. I spent a week at Hope in December, then back for a day this June. Justin, Benjamin, & Jennie are my favorites, so I very much appreciate finding any new pictures of them. A couple of the children in these pictures are about to be adopted, too. Thanks for sharing!
just found your site in hopes of finding pics of my daughter!! and here she is being held!! (she is Gao Mei- in the blue and red dress, and then in the group shot she's wearing pink!)- now of course she's much older but we cannot wait to bring her home!!! so glad to have some more pics, it's like winning the lotto!!
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