Before I share a little bit about my experiences in China, I want to say thank you to everyone who supported me both with your prayers and your financial help. Thank you so very much! It was an incredible 2 weeks of joys and trials and the Lord's presence was there through it all.
Yang Yang is an adorable 3 year old boy. His used-to-be cleft palate makes him all the more cuter. He is very quiet and easy to please. Like many of the other Chinese orphans, Yang Yang has hepatitis B. In China, many of the people believe that hep B can be spread though germs when it's quite impossible to spread that way. Sam, the director of this BMH camp, who is also a doctor, said someone would have to drink an entire bucket of the saliva from a hep B infected person in order to contract the disease, and even if that happened, the chance is still very extremely slim. The Chinese people (including my translator, Lani) however, refuse to believe that it is virtually impossible to contract hep B from someone else. Therefore, in Yang Yang's orphanage he is treated as though he were a leper; feeding him separate from the other children and giving him little to no physical contact, things that quickly make Yang Yang feel out of place, unwanted and unloved. I am blessed that this week God has put me in his life to hold his hand when we cross the street, to sit and share our meals together, to tickle him and laugh and play together, or to hold him when he is scared. Even though he is still just a toddler, I know through God, this week will impact his life.
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