As others have said, this is just the beginning. We know there are big mountains to climb ahead of us. Jen has a new world to face and life outside the orphanage will have its troubles and cares also. One day, she will be on her own to face whatever waits in her future. But for now, she is just a little child. Ten and a half and yet much younger than that. There is a whole world waiting out there for her to explore and green fields to run through. Days of wondering which bike path to take or what flavor Icee will it be today.
She has left the loving care of the orphanage at Zhuhai behind. She has left her homeland to begin a new life in a new world.
You may remember a picture I described on the first day that Jen came to us. A daughter and her father, looking out over a strange city, contemplating their future together, caught between two worlds. Here is that photo...finally.
We hope that somehow our experience helps someone else who may choose to walk this path. There is an ocean between us but we can say for certain that it is worth the crossing.
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