We arrived from Beijing in Hefei and were greeted by our guide Cherry.  We set up to have a private driver and guide for the time in Anhui as we didn’t know that many people and we needed some specific information in terms of finding Charis’ orphanage and the place where she was originally found. So Cherry and our driver, met us at the train station and settled us into our hotel in Hefei, Anhui, China. Then…

We did not plan on it but we took an unexpected trip to Nanjin to visit my UTA friend Elvis.  Great city. Good to see him. His nephew Russ came with his parents all the way from Wuhu (1.5 hours from Hefei) to pick us up to go to Nanjin and they drove all the way back the same day. I am really touched! The sacrifices they had to make to make it work.

Honestly, we were exhausted after several consecutive days with people and we were less than convinced that we should go on this side trip but the devotion Elvis’ family made to meet us touched us so that we decided to drive the two hours to Nanjin. We are so glad that we did. It is one of the most beautiful cities we have seen in China and we have a very pleasant time with Elvis and his family. Nanjin has one of the oldest most complete city walls in the world.  We are so thankful for the time and we are touched by how much our friends care. Wow! Thanks so much Elvis.