These pictures were taken on
October 31 when a friend of ours was able
to visit Guilin after adopting her daughter from there a
few days
before. She emailed us from China to tell us that they had
been able to see
her and that she was healthy, beautiful and very loved by
her nanny. We
have since found out that Sophie has been cared for by
this one
particular nanny since she came to the SWI. When our
friends came to ask about
her and to take pictures of her, the nanny assumed that
these Americans
had come to adopt Sophie and began to cry. When the
translator
explained that no, these people were just inquiring on
behalf of Sophie's
parents she continued to cry. Her explanation was "You
see, I'm happy for
her, that she will have a family, but I am sad for me
because, I love
her."
