2am

So I got a good almost 6 hours of sleep and now it's 2am in China so ofcourse I amAWAKE!!! Ugh. Ugh ugh ugh.

So yesterday was such a great first day. Here is a pic of my team. As expected we all bring such diverse perspectives to this situation. But each of these ladies are believers and are wonderful and very enjoyable people. So much fun to be thrust into this amazing adventure with strangers who turn out to be awesome! God is so good! 

We sat in our motel room for a few hours talking and organizing all the stuff we got and making friendship bracelets to give the kids and then help them to make. It was such a great afternoon of bonding.

To my surprise, which I know you probably think should have been expected, I am soooooo drawn to the kids here. ...the kids who are happily playing , being held by their parents, riding on their parents scooter...all of them! They are just all so beautiful and charming to me. 

Can you see the little girl sleeping in between her parents? Who needs seat belts? Oh man, I love this place. 

Our leader from Holt has been doing evaluations on over a hundred kids  from other orphanages the week before we arrived and she said it is so bizarre to spend so much time with these kids in the orphanages who all have special needs and then to come out on the streets and see all these healthy children. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. 

Well, it's about 2:30am on Monday morning now. We are leaving at 8:30am to head to the orphanage because they have a big meeting room we can use and so that is where they will bring some of the group home kids to meet us. We will be with them all morning and then all afternoon we are meeting with their caretakers. 

.....so much anticipation. 

Be still and know that I am God.