Incredible two days!

The past two days have been absolutely incredible. I won't have the words to do justice to all we experienced, but will try to give a glimpse.
On Wednesday, we headed to the place where my younger daughter was born to walk around. It is a smaller town with many villages around it. We were able to drive and walk around, and stopped many people in their paths. So many people were so happy to know that my little one was from there, and is now happy in a family. Soon, we were off to the city where XiuLi is living to meet with her. We had hopes that she was going to come with us for an overnight, but it was not meant to be. When we arrived, the same young girl eyes were behind her grown exterior. We were able to speak with her, and her friend who is also from the same school she dropped out of (they have been together now, living and working). She is doing ok. We gave her gifts from people around the world. We hugged and kissed her. We told her we loved her. When asked what she needed, she said "to pray for me". I told her that is already done, and will continue...
On Thursday we headed to Qianhe village to see some very special girls. These girls are part of GGEF, a non profit organization which helps girls to go to school and stay in school. This is sometimes a difficult thing in rural areas of China, where life is so hard and girls are sometimes needed to work to support the family. We visited one girl who was working out in the fields tending to rice paddies. She was not told we were coming, and was a bit shocked to see so many faces making their way out to her in the fields. She walked us out to where she was working, and told a bit about what she does. We then walked back to her home, and saw the home of another girl. We sat together, ate fresh fruit from village trees, hugged, and held hands. No words are necessary to communicate languages of love.
Today we are off to another orphanage to meet more special needs kids. This orphanage is a bit smaller than the other one. There are 29 special needs kids. The orphanage director has expressed a desire to want to do more for kids in his care, and also to outreach to special needs kids in the community. I am very excited about another chance to partner with people who care so deeply for some of these amazing kids!!