Annabel is doing great!!!!

I have to share with you something that happened this morning when I read my email. When you are waiting to receive your TA to travel to get your child...it can be rather grouling. Of course we want to get on a plane tomorrow and get her but God might have a different plan. You hold on to any hope and words of encouragement to know fully that your child is being well cared for until the day you receive her. Anyway, I belong to a chat group for my orphanage and I received the following email from a women this morning who visited our orphanage last week. I have included the parts that pertained to Annabel and our orphanage. I have to tell you that I cried and cried for an hour after reading it. I believe in my heart this is our daughter she is referring to and I feel so blessed that she is being well cared for.....

"Thought you would be interested....I was visiting the orphanage last week with my 7 year old daughter Molly. We spent a couple of hours with the babies,holding and playing with them. Director Chen pointed out a little girl who was to be adopted soon...your description of your daughter fits this little girl we saw. She is small, but was walking and active and fine. This little girl actually looked as if her cleft lip had been somewhat repaired? Either that, or what she has is not too disfiguring to begin with. I wasnt allowed to take alot of pictures, just a couple of my own daughter playing with the babies. ButI figure you're interested in any sightings....The Kunshan orphanage is apparently considered a good example of how an orphanage should be run in China...I was told by the director in the Nanjing orphanage(which we visited prior to our kunshan visit)that caretakers throughout the region get sent to Kunshan for training...and Director Chen was very open with me as to what was in my daughter's files, etc,making it clear that they would send any new information they might ever get on my daughter....I know your own daughter is well cared for,as have been all of our children who have come from there...good luck to yourfamily."