Thursday, November 8, 2007

Village Trip





Here's the latest from Sara:

We had a good day today. We went to a village on the outskirts of town. They said we will not go to the town with the orphanage because it is a 4 hour trip roundtrip. They said I could go by myself, but I haven't found any interest outside of me. They also said it would be over $100 and I would not be allowed inside the orphanage.

We did tour a different village today to give everyone a feel for the type of place the girls came from. There were chickens and ducks along with a few froo-froo dogs roaming the village. You don't really expect to see a Pomeranian here. Zanna slept through most of it, and Chris got the entire town on video. It is heart-wrenching, yet the people are so happy. Mary, our guide, said she grew up in a similar village and all of her memories are happy. She feels bad for her kids who are growing up in an apartment and don't have the same experience of the village she had.

Zanna took 2 bottles today by lunch time. I am not sure what she has had since. I think he has added some rice cereal to the bottles to get her to eat it. She was in great spirits today. After the village, we went for a walk about town with a couple from Cincinnati. We walked the pedestrian walk, basically a long strip mall, and ate lunch at McDonald's (Zanna did not eat McD's, don't worry!) Then we walked down a road with a lot of porcelain shops and calligraphy.

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