Friday

Today we visited the local orphanage where Lucy & Paul's (From New York) daughter came from in Guangzhou. The orphanage was a massive complex that housed around 400 children and was the size of a few high schools. They had different buildings divided up by ages and mental capacity. They sheltered us from the real side of the orphanage and only showed us certain parts that they wanted us to see. It was very emotional to see all of the children just waiting for parents to give them a home. We saw classrooms with pictures colored by the children and we noticed in all of them that they only colored themselves and other children. We then realized that they have never known a family and that the other orphans were their only family they have ever known. It was very emotional to be in a place like that to see the beautiful and loving children just waiting for parents. It seemed that answers to our questions were guarded and pictures were only allowed in secured areas. We are headed to our medical appointment in a few hours at the local health clinic within walking distance. Then our lives our in our brother-in-laws Scott's hands as we have given him the choice of restaurants for dinner. So if you don't see a post tomorrow, the snake we ate was poisonous!!!
AP