Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tomorrow
We are back from breakfast and Natalie seems to need some more rest - she's trying hard to get well. She did enjoy some bean curd (tofu - Andy's favorite) and banana. Andy was reading some of our documentation about attachment and we decided to pull out the bottle of bubbles. We are noticing that Natalie is pulling away and avoiding eye contact, so we want to be sure we are remembering all of the tips they give to encourage attachment with your child. We just love her to pieces and can't wait for the day when she's happy to see us, or holds her arms out to us. For now we're happy to just be with her and to see her health improve.
Tomorrow we have been cleared to visit the orphanage. It is the Xiang Yin County Social and Children's Welfare Institute. It's about an hour away and we will both travel there with Natalie as well as Beth, John, and Lily. Once there we'll take turns going inside to meet her nanny and to see the place that has been home to her for her first 11 months of life. One of us will stay in the bus with Natalie while the other takes a tour as Aina has advised. We don't want Natalie to see her nanny or the orphange for fear that this will only confuse her and cause her more pain to leave again.
We met the orphange's director, Wang Chu Fei, and the administrator whose name I don't know at the Civil Registration office. We're not sure what to make of them. It's a strange position for us to be in. Much is said about you in a different language, fingers are pointed, and you can't help but feel you're not entirely welcomed. We're both anxious about the visit but feel it's important in order to get as much information as possible for Natalie about her past. I look forward to meeting the woman who has cared for her, and who it seems Natalie continues to look for and grieve for.
Please pray for safe travel, and that God would guide us in what to say, and how to convey our appreciation to the staff for taking good care of Natalie. Oh, and that Andy won't spill or knock anything over while we're there! :)
Tomorrow we have been cleared to visit the orphanage. It is the Xiang Yin County Social and Children's Welfare Institute. It's about an hour away and we will both travel there with Natalie as well as Beth, John, and Lily. Once there we'll take turns going inside to meet her nanny and to see the place that has been home to her for her first 11 months of life. One of us will stay in the bus with Natalie while the other takes a tour as Aina has advised. We don't want Natalie to see her nanny or the orphange for fear that this will only confuse her and cause her more pain to leave again.
We met the orphange's director, Wang Chu Fei, and the administrator whose name I don't know at the Civil Registration office. We're not sure what to make of them. It's a strange position for us to be in. Much is said about you in a different language, fingers are pointed, and you can't help but feel you're not entirely welcomed. We're both anxious about the visit but feel it's important in order to get as much information as possible for Natalie about her past. I look forward to meeting the woman who has cared for her, and who it seems Natalie continues to look for and grieve for.
Please pray for safe travel, and that God would guide us in what to say, and how to convey our appreciation to the staff for taking good care of Natalie. Oh, and that Andy won't spill or knock anything over while we're there! :)
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