The Girl from Guangzhou
In 2012, a couple from Portland, Oregon, traveled to Guangzhou, China, to finalize the adoption of a three-year-old girl named Mei. She had spent her...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 John 3:1-3.
In 2012, a couple from Portland, Oregon, traveled to Guangzhou, China, to finalize the adoption of a three-year-old girl named Mei. She had spent her entire life in a state-run orphanage, sleeping in a room with eleven other toddlers, owning nothing but a thin cotton dress. When they placed her in the car seat for the first time, she gripped the seatbelt with both hands, wide-eyed, unsure whether this was real.…
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