Sunday...

Today we had the pleasure of being greeted by the older children at Chaoyang, those that are over seven and attending the boarding school. Some we have known for three years now, and they have grown so big! After viewing some photos of them with us in the past, they giggled and quickly warmed up. Our craft for today was painting t-shirts with hand prints. Most are for them, but some of us had the kids put their hand prints on our shirts too:) We even did some foot prints of little ones, and finger prints which will be turned in to lady bugs during tomorrow's craft time. The kids got a bit messy, but it was a lot of fun. We also had lots of snuggle and play time with the smaller kids, learned of more stories behind some of the newer children, and found answers to some of our questions about missing kids. One of the latter is Jing, a three year old we have been wondering about. Turns out she is in the hospital next door, quarantined from Small Pox, but will be back in a couple days. Two of our team members, Ying and Meme, were able to visit her today, and said despite her just getting over being sick, she looks great.










Following a pizza dinner we went to the church that we had attended two years ago. For a Sunday night I thought it was a big crowd, and they were very welcoming. It was a special treat at the end when they served communion...a little peak of heaven when the whole world is worshipping together! We're just not sure what was served in the communion cup!

Mike is going to try and post some photos sometime today. I have some great ones of the kids painting the shirts. Be sure and check out Mallory's blog (see earlier post on the trip), as she is a professional photographer and posted some great shots.