The Finding Spot

Kailei was left outside the Hunan Rural Credit Cooperative. She was in a cardboard box in a purple outfit and left with some milk and 8 yuan. We made our way to this location and the area looked more run down the closer we got. Most everything was dirty and not in the best shape.

Kailei was excited to see where she was left. We had prepared a rock with her name and finding date on it. Kailei found a special spot for it and put a few plant by it to make it look nice. We exchanged this rock for one she could bring home as a keepsake.

I am grateful once again that someone found her and that we became the family she was meant to have.

The whole experience was surreal and I think I was just in mom mode trying to help Kailei. I think it will all sink in more as time passes.

We left for our hotel in hengyang city after this. It was an old hotel but located downtown where we had lots of access to stores and restaurants. We made a beeline to McDonald's for dinner. It tasted great but I was dripping in sweat. I had to eat fast and get outside. That wasn't much better but we headed to Dairy Queen where N ice cream seemed to cool me down.

We did a little shopping in the local department store. Really it is a
Big building made up of mini shops. We found a clothes shop for Kailei where she tried on some clothes. The lady working there was extremely helpful but no one in Hengyang city seemed to speak any English. We tried to communicate but it was just a entertaining attempt.

We did want to buy some clothes for Kailei but they wouldn't take Visa and we were low on cash so Zeb had to try and find an ATM which was an adventure for him. In the mean time we waited in the little store where I think just about every employee made there way over to look at the Americans.

By the time Zeb came back it was a little after 8 and we were spent so we made our back to the hotel.