Happy Thanksgiving from Fuling!!
Here, Lydia loves on one of the little ones.
Today was the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the new orphanage...I was so happy that we got to go up there again...more time with the babies!Here, I am chatting with a beautiful baby who has a cleft lip/palate. What a smiley thing, just a little cooing and she would brighten up and smile.
The ceremony was complete with more fanfare, speeches, and gifts for the girls. The mayor of Fuling and other city officials were there. He sat directly in front of us and at times, I saw him wipe away a tear as he watched the girls up on the stage. I truly believe that they care for the welfare of these children and are glad that we have brought them back for a visit healthy and happy. The girls were presented with a Chinese/English dictionary from the mayor and a jade pendant from Director Yang. All of the girls cut a piece of the red ribbon and released balloons.
After the ceremony, we were able to go back up and hold babies, then on to our Thanksgiving meal that they had prepared for us...turkey and fried rice. Strangely the "turkey" was pinkish and had the flavor and texture of pork...looked like ham to us! But, we were assured that it was indeed turkey because it was our Thanksgiving and we eat turkey..."comes from the leg part of the bird" we were told...the Emperor's New Clothes again! We laughed and ate it up though because it was good, no matter what it was!
Jason holds one of the cleft lip/palate babies. She was SO smiley and had beautiful eyes. Hope she will get surgery soon, but she was drinking very well out of a regular bottle and seemed very healthy.
Take a look at this beautiful little girl. We called her "the pink one" because she wore this outfit all three times we visited the orphange. As you can imagine, we couldn't put her down!
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