Our daughter Rachel was born in the Province of Gansu where more than 1100 people were killed in a landslide this week and more than 600 remain missing.
Gansu has a special place in our hearts. We had never heard of it before we got Rachel's 3 month old picture in the mail telling us that we had been matched with her forever. Though the horrible landslide this week was in a completely different area of the Province we can't help but think of her birth parents and extended family. When we adopted Rachel we had the opportunity to visit a countryside village that was similar to her birthplace and probably similar to the town that was hit by the mudslide. The people were warm and engaging and amazingly hospitable. Some jumped right in and played games with us, offered us food and grabbed our babies. Others watched tentatively from a distance which is fair since it's not everyday in the Gansu countryside that a bus with ten foreign families carrying Chinese babies shows up. We were strange and they were gracious. Beautiful, wonderful people.
2 comments:
I'm sure you're aware of this, but just in case you're not, the pics for days 11-15 aren't coming in! Maybe it's my VPN, but this isn't usually a problem for us here. Enjoying your entries--even sans pictures!
Kim
It's the same issue for me, FYI. I had been reluctant to comment because I thought it was just my problem.
Thank you for these posts, guys. It's been so much fun hearing from you! :)
-natalie
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