So, Monday morning I'm driving home from dropping the boys off at school when Norah calls and asks me if I heard about the earthquake in China. "What earthquake?"
Sichuan province had just been hit with an earthquake. If you look on the map of China I have on the blog (right side) you can see where it is located. Chengdu is it's capital city. Sichuan is home to the famous Panda. It's a beautiful province and has many orphanages within it's bounderies.
The images on the news and the internet are almost too much to bear. The photo above is of some newborn babies who were being transported from one hospital to another.
There are reports coming in from many of the orphanges, but not all. From what I've read, there has not been any loss of life in any of them. Some have sustained considerable damage to their buildings and have had to move the children to temporary shelters such as tents, etc. But, most seem to have faired rather well. Many are in need of water, diapers and formula. Relief efforts are under way to assists these orphanages.
Some of the families who are in China right now completing their adoptions have emailed to report that they did feel the earthquake, but are OK. I can't imagine being over there with all of this going on.
Our 26th month LID anniversary came and went this weekend without much notice. The families who received referrals this month waited 28 months from their LID. Lucky them!!! I wish our wait would end at 28 months!
Please keep China, especially it's children, in your thoughts!
To see some of the relief work that Children's Hope International is doing in China right now, you can click on the link to the right under the heading "CHI's projects in China".
