Yippee! Hooray! We got to visit Aris' home city of Yangquan. It was about 1.5 hours drive from where we are staying. It is quite a large city (see photo)n and we didn't get to see everything. We did, however, get to see the thing we wanted most to see -- Aris' orphanage (see picture). He actually lived in 2 different buildings. The first was demolished so they could build a taller building. The second (pictured here) is primarily an assisted living facility for older people, but the children received the 6th floor when the building they had been living in was torn down.
We were a little concerned on how Aris would react to people he has known his entire life. Overall, I think he did well. At times he clung to me and did not want to see some of the workers. At other times he went to the workers -- primarily those who had a major role in taking care of him at the orphanage.
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That is so AWESOME! I'm so excited that you were able to go into the orphanage and meet people! Did you also get to go to his finding place or was that the orphanage?
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