The end of January and beginning of February of 2008 brought horrible storms to south central China. These were the worst storms in 100 years and it was really a tragic situation for those areas. I blogged on Feb 3, 2008:

“Also on my mind today, I can’t help but wonder how this weather is affecting our little daughter as she waits to come home. Is she in an affected area of the country? Is she sick and cold or fortunate to be safe and warm? I can only hope that God is looking over her and keeping her safe as I pray for every day. I wish she could be home safe home with us right now.”

I couldn’t know at that time that our daughter was 10 months old and was being directly affected by this storm. She was in one of the hardest hit orphanages. They were without power for over a week, they had no heat except a charcoal heater that they could not use to heat the infant rooms . These babies were under many layers of blankets for a solid week, they couldn’t get them out of the cribs because they did not have snow suits to put them in, so there they laid for a week. The little older children could play in the play room but were still cold and bundled in snow suits all the time.

Half the Sky sent a truck of supplies to the orphange. It really moved me to read about their journey, especially once they got to the orphanage. You can read about it here. And we think we might have seen a picture of Mikayla. We are going to print it and take it to China with us and ask the orphanage workers if they think that it is her. What hardship these children went through in their young ages.