(A little revision was in order since I accidently messed up the slide show....now it is corrected & placed above!)
This weekend we were treated to a visit by my dear cyber friend Debbie L. and her family. It was so nice to be able to finally meet them in person, since we have shared a kinship for the past year. Our daughters Anna and LiLi also share a very special connection in that they were both born in Guiping and transferred to Mother's Love in Nanning. We feel certain that they had contact in Nanning, since Mother's Love is quite small and the children would regularly get together for parties and other visits to the orphanage.
Their son, Ian and our Natalie got along so well....I think of them as "peas & carrots" :-) They both share a special connection in that they "have annoying little sisters" (as they would tell you).
We took the kids to the park to burn off energy, and later in the afternoon we went to the Exploreum where the children actually allowed us grown ups to view the "Pompeii" exhibit that was in town. It was very interesting and the kids behaved exceptionally well! I'm very proud of all of them. Then they were treated to a visit to the "hands on hall", as well as the "wharf of wonder" for the littlest ones. Finally, after hours of fun play, we strolled over to a microbrewery and tasted a couple of the local brews (and no, the 4 kids did not partake in the alchohol delights....after dinner, they were treated to scoops of ice cream at Old Dutch!)
I'm so thankful to have made new friends and especially thankful that Anna has a Guiping sister, just like her big sister Natalie has her Jiujiang sister!
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I just showed Madeline these pictures and she says she knows Anna from China. She came up to the computer and said "who's that?" I said, "I don't know, who is that?" She said "she lived in China with me". She said "I don't know that other girl".
Well, I don't know how much contact the girls had, but Madeline seems to remember Anna.
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