Thursday after the porcelain shop we went out of the city to a very poor village area. We were told that 70% of China lives under these conditions. The video is pretty shabby because I was interacting with the children there quite a bit. If the camera goes crazy it means I was giving high fives and monkeying around with the kids. They were precious kids, very good looking, and very happy. The living conditions were horrible, birds nests inside their home, huge cracks in the walls, very dark. It was very cold with no heat and no real light. Oddly enough, they did have a little color tv.
These are the conditions that Noelle and the other adopted children in our group probably would have lived and grown up in if they would not have been abandoned.
It is heartbreaking but it's all they know. I wish I would have known to bring something to hand out. Mary our guide went into a little shop nearby and bought them all some candy and each a little yo-yo. Man were they excited!
Did I say 70% of China lives like this. The USA is a blessed country. Even if we say we don't I think we all take what we have for granted back home.
Just another note: In central and southern China no stores or homes are allowed to have any heat at all. Going into the stores it is real chilly here in Nanchang. Everyone is really bundled up. The village homes (holes in the wall) where freezing cold. I guess it's just the big fancy hotels where well to do travelers and business people come where there is heat and pleasant accommodations.
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