Our trip to Luohe City, home of Micah's orphanage.

Louhe was a two hour drive from Zhengzhou, 

the capital city of Henan province, where we are staying.

 It is considered a small city in China...2 million people...just tiny. :)

The entrance to the orphanage, housing 150 children.

Two of the orphanage directors. 

They hosted a really nice lunch for us after our tour.

Front doors...

 Micah's room...his nannies were extremely excited 

to see him!

 His bed...

 It was heartbreaking to see these little ones 

who do not yet have families,

 but also a blessing to love on them, 

even for just a few special moments.

I grew especially attached to this little girl 

(in the picture above, and in the next two pictures,) 

and would have brought her home in a heartbeat 

if we could have.

 These were Micah's two day-time nannies. 

There were ten cribs in this little room. 

All but three of the children were lying down in their cribs.
I asked if it was nap-time...the answer was no. 

The nannies explained that most of them were in their cribs 

because they have medical and mental handicaps, 

and cannot sit, stand, or move about on their own. 

Micah and only one other child in his room 

were considered healthy. 

 This little boy below melted my heart, also. 

He was just precious. 

You can see he has no hands 

and the nanny said he has no lower limbs, either.

 This man is the medical director of the orphanage.

He seemed very caring toward the children 

and came to say goodbye to Micah.

We really enjoyed our tour guide, Eddie.