TEAMworks China - Julie and Macey’s last day in Paradise

We got up this morning and headed to the streets to hail a cab to Amanda's home independently..... We actually got there on the first attempt! On our walk to church we got to experience the joy of the Chinese open air morning market. It was slightly larger than the one in Fayetteville. There was anything and everything you could imagine, and even a few things you couldn't imagine!!!

We had a refreshing service with a group of people from a variety of countries including the US, Australia and India, before heading out to ANOTHER lunch. This time it was with some of the directors of the hospital. They wanted to treat us to a western meal, but still ordered around 10 different platters of food and insisted that we try everything!!! They were very friendly and enjoyed sharing cultural stories from their past and asking us questions about our lives in America.

After lunch, we visited a few more homes. The first was a family from New Zealand who are fostering a child from a local orphanage with spina bifida. WE. FELL. IN. LOVE. He had only been in their home a couple of months and was super happy and full of life! He has undergone several surgeries. One to correct his myelomeningeocele and 2 others for his hip and foot. He had received AFOs, HKFOs, HKFOs with a TLSO attached, and a stander from a recent trip to Hong Kong. We made some recommendations and the family was very thankful that we came.

Next, we visited friends of Amanda's whose son needed a speech eval. The made us dinner and we visited about living in China before Carmen got busy! She made some recommendations and may see him later next week at the hospital. Enjoy the pics!!!

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