Mia and Mr. Wang

Here we are with Mr. Wang, the Orphanage Director (as you saw in the earlier picture as well). We learned some great news from him today. The orphanage was built only in 2005 and is extremely new. There are, if I recall, only 18 children in the orphanage and all but a few have been adopted already.

You could really tell that Mia (and all the girls) have been dearly loved. Their "Nannies" seemed so loving and familiar with each child. They were very sweet and gentle with her and could answer our questions with great detail and specifics about each child.

One family with us in our group, that has adopted from China before, said that their last experience was very different. The girls from their prior trip seemed far more institutionalized. The Nannies seemed cold and indifferent. So, while comparisons are always bittersweet, it was helpful to see how many of our prayers for Mia have been answered.

p.s. one interesting note: Mr. Wang explained to us that these little babies have already been potty trained. They put them on a little pot and then give them the "grunt noise" (the, um, international sign for "go poop"). Then these little ones do their business. So far, my grunt noise isn't having quite the same effect as Mr. Wang's.