Hello All!
Well, we are having quite the time in Chaoyang City! Everyone is doing great with the exception of a few mosquito bites! We are truly having the time of our lives! The orphanage has been very welcoming to us and we have been able to make wonderful memories with all of the kidos!
Today, we made beaded jewelry with the the older kids and a had a whole lot of fun! It was amazing to see their nimble little fingers at work! While many of our fearless team members were beading with the older kids, Anna rallied a few of the troops to give the babies upstairs a bath! We had a lot of fun bonding with the little ones and the nannies seemed to appreciate us taking on the bathing chore! Hopefully, we will be able to get some bath pictures on the blog tomorrow. For lunch, we went to a "fancy" resturant not too far from the hotel complete with waitresses in Chinese Princess outfits! It was quite the scene. We were all eager to take pictures with the Hostess/Princess...hopefully, you will enjoy the team princess portrait! After lunch, we went back to the orphanage! Amy taught one of the girls how to say "I love you" and all of the team members names in English! The little girl was beeming with happiness and screaming with laughter! She has the most infectious laugh! For snack, we gave the kids bananas, fruit snacks, and candy...Luckily, the snack provided some of the kids and some of the team members enough energy to dance "The Hokey Pokey," "YMCA," and..."The Electric Slide!" (a crowd favorite). Jake and Ying were quite the dancers and seemed quite pleased to learn some new moves!
Our last day at the orphanage is Thursday and unfortunately, our cribs have still not been delivered. We are hopeful that they will arrive before we leave so that we may help the people at the orphanage set up the cribs and take pictures home for all of the people who donated money. We ask that you please pray that the cribs arrive before we leave! It is very important to all of us to help the orphange set of the cribs!
As you can imagine, we are all worn out, but anxious for tomorrow! We will continue you keep all of you updated!
Much love from China,
Team Chaoyang
2 comments:
Hi Liz,
Thanks for posting so many wonderful pictures! Any sign of Min An? I don't see him/her in any shots so far.
Have a great and safe time. I pray for quick delivery of the cribs; I know how important it is to you all to help with the set-up.
Be blessed!
Stacey LaPointe
We are so glad you are there! The kids are so sweet. I told Megan Ling about Yue's name and showed her the picture and she said "Yah, Yue!" which I guess means that she recognized her name! Megan Ling loves the calendar and she is featured in July!!!
Please find out the names of the older girls, the shy, albino girl and the one who is blind. I would love to be able to tell Megan Ling their names too. I know she was friendly with them, too; especially the albino girl. If you can, please tell her "Hello", from us.
I also hope the cribs arrive soon!
Are you making a video this year?
We are thinking about you!
Love, Linda
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