We had another great day in Lanxi. The morning started out slower for many as the only scheduled event was Susan giving her life story talk. This time her audience consisted of the staff of the orphanage & the old folks home, and many residents of the old folks home. (The orphanage & nursing home is in the same building). Just like in Yiwu, Susan did a great job (spoken by an unbiased mom!). The seniors were very eager & very friendly to us.
After lunch, Kiki & Nancy did training with the three nannies at the orphanage. They enjoyed working with the smaller group & being able to discuss more specific points. During this time, Tim & Jane & Danling went to the Lanxi Hospital where Tim gave a lecture to a group of doctors. He was very well received. The relationship that has been built with the local hospital has proven very beneficial as they now provide more care to the children at the orphanage. Finally, the afternoon mission of the rest of the volunteers was to keep the children at the orphanage out of the room where Kiki, Nancy & the nannies were doing training. So that left the two Cheryls, Kathy & Susan. It sounds like a simple enough task but was quite a challenge, especially with one extremely active six year old!
This evening we had dinner with the Vice Director from the hospital, two doctors, and the orphanage director. It was an enjoyable meal but as usual we overate!
Finally, the day ended with tea at the home of the Director of Civil Affairs for Lanxi. Danling & I had met with him yesterday afternoon & the whole group had dinner with him last night. At that time, he invited the group for tea at his house! His home had a lot of amazing artwork - it is hard to describe. We had a good visit - he had many questions about life in the U.S., social security, unemployment, retirement. He is a sharp guy & will be a good connection for RTC in the future.
Tomorrow morning we pack up & leave for Hangzhou. Each leg of our journey has been more incredible than the last . . . it will be hard to measure up to this last one!
Cheryl Heley
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