Tuesday, October 4, 2011

So I got a surprise email from a family who just got home from China last week with their adorable girl who happens to be from the same SWI that Kerry spent her first 15 months in. I'm part of a Yahoo group for people who've adopted from this SWI and this family was given the opportunity to visit the orphanage while in China, so a few of us sent updated photos for them to give to the staff. We were told they were excited to get the updated photos of their former charges and called each of them by their Chinese name. At one point the staff pointed out a mural that is located on at the entrance to the property and pointed out a baby on the mural. They thought they recognized her as Kerry so they snapped a couple of photes and emailed them to me.

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Sure enough, thats my girl. She's holding the hand of the mayor of JiAn and in her other hand is one of the toys that we sent in her care package, so this was probably taken in the weeks before we met her.

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So two years after leaving, you could say she's gone but not forgotten. How cool is that?!

7 comments:

Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! said...

That is so wonderful!!! Another item for the lifebook. It is great when we receive surprises like this..... every little piece of our girls' past that we can get our hands on is something that will be treasured forever!!!

She is so beautiful Gin..... thanks for sharing these with us!

Hope you are having a wonderful week~

xoxo,

Lisa

the meaklims said...

Fabulous, SO cool!

I agree with Lisa, every little bit of history means so much to us.

Jill

Jessie said...

What a wonderful surprise! I've pretty much given up on getting any more photos with my girls in them since it's been so long since their adoptions. Jasmine is from Ji'An too - she turned 8 today!

Debbie said...

I FEEL QUITE TEARY.........

Football and Fried Rice said...

SUCH. A wonderful part of of Kerry Lu's history!! Beautiful!

Dana said...

Love that you got to see this photo and have it for Kerry in the future.How wonderful that they remember the kids so well even after a couple years! Miss you guys.

The Byrd's Nest said...

YEP! Can't miss that precious face! How wonderful:)

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