Zhoa Lei's Orphanage

A great thing happened today. I was on the internet last night trying to learn more about Lei's orphanage. I had googled it before, but last night I spent HOURS trying to get information. It isn't listed on any of the lists of orphanages I could find. It wasn't even on the list my own agency sent me! I finally found a referral picture of a little boy who looked like he was sitting in the same park or field that Lei's picture had been taken in. It is a pretty view of cherry trees in blossom. It had a page or two of a blog his dad had written while getting him from China. I wrote him an email asking if he was from the same orphanage and if so, could he give me any information about it. I also joined several yahoo groups and posted the same request. I was accepted into one yahoo group in the middle of the night. I heard my phone ping as it received and email and knew what it was. So I wrote out my message asking for information while I was half asleep. This morning I received an email from a woman saying she had adopted her nine year old daughter from the orphanage over eight years ago. She said that the director told her that her daughter was the last Non Special Needs child they would have at the orphanage. She also told me that the orphanage was very small (with only 15-20 children) and was part of a hospital. She said that she did have pictures and would try to get them to me later this week. How great is that?!
I happened to check my email while I was making dinner and I had received an email from the man who had adopted his son from the same orphanage! At least I had hoped that he had. I was shocked when I read his email. He not only had pictures of the orphanage, he had pictures of my daughter and information about her! He gave me his phone number and I called him. We talked for an hour! He told me some details about the city, the orphanage, the kids, staff, his son and Zhoa Lei. He said he remembers her because he was told by the staff at the orphanage that he and his son spent a lot of their time playing together. I will write what he told me tomorrow because I am really tired and want to write it correctly and I am really tired now. One really interesting thing is that his little boy is in Zhoa Lei's referral pictures and he is in hers!