i am back.
in case anyone is wondering "just where in china was she?" here is a map. i was in hunan province, quite close to hong kong, and visited chengsha and hangyeng.
http://encarta.msn.com/map_701513231/Hunan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunan
for some background information.
unfortunately, and as this is a public blog i am sure you can guess why, i cannot detail the trip and i cannot post pictures. what i can tell you is that it was humbling, gave me perspective, and i am now praying as to whether i am meant to be going on a two week volunteer trip there come the spring.
i wish you had been with me. i don’t know your issues, but i do know you have a great life and i hope it is precious to you.
tomorrow, after my "troubled tummy" has settled down, i will tell you some of the lighter sides of the stay. in the meantime, just for today, ignore michael moore, and the other naysayers and be grateful for your country and those who have fought so hard to integrate people with disabilities into our world.
that when people whisper in your ear, "for i have plans for you, declares the Lord…" that those plans for you to prosper and not to be harmed don’t seem almost impossible to believe. that giving, from people who will likely never meet the recipients, can make such a difference, that people do answer and follow when they are called.
courage. faith. hope. dreams coming true.
that’s what i saw.
