Hengyang

We arrived at the newer Hengyang Spring Project, where ICC has been working the last 5 years. Conditions are much improved since they've started and the lives of kids are being radically transformed. A big part of being on a short term team here is just to be extra hands with the kids. They have the ratio of caregivers to kids down to 1:4 instead of 1:20, but they know the kids long for much more personal interaction with adults. we've spent the last two days doing that and loving it. We've seen some hard things - heart breaking, but when we shared around the table tonight our highs and lows, we had plenty of highs and the only lows was that we wish we had more energy and time to give.

It's also great to get to know the local caregivers who give so much to the kids.

Tomorrow we will be meeting with the ICC ex-pat team where we hope to bless them in many ways. Its been wonderful to hear their stories as they've come from the UK, Canada, Australia and elsewhere to give their lives for this little ones.
oh ya and tonight we had pig feet for dinner :) and the ladies were asking for men to father their children - they mean the orphans ;)