Quote of the Day

4.26.2007

ayat: a year ago today

A year ago today we met our children and came home quite smitten. The orphanage itself is the first picture in this set, followed by My Gift and I about to walk through the door, down the long well-lit hallway and into the groupa room.

. . . pressed their little noses against the window and gazed longingly . . .


We saw Dandy sitting on the floor, looking very much as he did in his referral picture from the previous May. We walked around a greeted all the children. I was saying hello to one cute little boy when our facilitator mentioned that she was the little girl that we might be able to get a referral for.

For the first part of our visit we interacted with all the children and they were delighted to pose for our pictures and show us their things. During the second part, the other children played in an other room (well, not played actually, more like pressed their little noses against the window and gazed longingly at us). You can get a peek at them in the background of the last pic in this series. It is the first Chandler family photo, though the children didn't know it at the time.