We have learned a little more about Xin Zhi and our upcoming trip to China. At the end of this post is a link to her orphanage, with comments from some people who have adopted children from Shanggao Social Welfare Institute (SWI for short). If you scroll down the link, you will even find some Shutterfly pics of the orphanage itself. Man, I am loving technology right now!
It seems that Zin Zhi lives in a very large and modern orphanage that is shared with an old folks home, and the children stay in a room with a senior citizen who is given a small stipend for taking care of the child. What an amazing idea- giving two members of society who so often get overlooked the opportunity to love and nurture one another. I have no doubt that the love and affection go both ways, and that both parties benefit tremendously. I must admit I am pretty surprised by the Chinese Government's forward thinking and social experimenting with two classes so under valued. Warms the shackles of my rotten little heart, it does!
Anyway, the consensus from people who have adopted from our SWI is that the children seem to be happy, healthy and well cared for. I can't tell you how relieved it makes me that there is a chance that our little girl has been loved and held and cared for so tenderly. It makes me cry. But then, I cry a lot these days! Whenever I hear that song by Jason Mraz, I'm yours. It cannot wait - I'm yours! We are finally getting our daughter!
On another note- we have not decided what to do about her Wesetern name yet. We had originally sort of settled on Nina, after my sister, but because Xin Zhi will be 15 months when she gets here, and she knows her name, and because she will be in such shock already with so many changes, we are thinking of calling her Ginger, which sound a lot like Xin Zhi Our name is our virtue, as Mraz says, so it is important to me!
We still don't know when we fly to China, but we have a travel meeting Monday to discuss details. Hop to know when we go by end of next week, maybe. I am getting to know the 9 other families we will fly to Chine with. 5 families total are from the Bay Area, which is really nice.
I need to go get Cuyler up and we need to start our day, so here is the link to the orphanage if you are interested. One of the funny things is that in one of Xin Zhi's pictures she is leaning against a big yellow hand, and I see the hand in some of the videos and most of the babies pictures from the institute. The ubiquitos HAND!
http://www.gurrad.com/china/shanggao.htm
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