{"id":4999,"date":"2019-01-02T10:46:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T17:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2020-09-20T02:05:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T08:05:00","slug":"new-year-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/new-year-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year from China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHappy New Year from China!

\nSophie and I are heading into the last part of this 2 week trip, after\nexperiencing the iconic mountains of Guilin over the last couple days. Today we\nfly to Hefei in the Anhui province, to visit her orphanage in Anqing. She has\nmade very close friendships with the other adoptees who have been on this trip,\nbut now we are all splitting up to visit the original orphanages.

\nHere in China we are nearing the end of the Year of the Dog, and on February\n4th on Chinese New Year it will be the Year of the Pig. However for Sophie and\nI, it will be the year of the PANDA<\/a><\/strong>! Our stop in Chengdu at the\nPanda Center<\/a> was definitely a highlight. I could have spent several days\nthere, just photographing the Pandas, especially the babies. Here are a couple\nphotos from our day at Chengdu. The cub is about 3-4 months old. The cubs are\nbusy busy busy … wobbly and clumsy but absolutely adorable … and then they\njust plop down and fall asleep. The team at the center are focused on\nreproduction, in an effort to save the species, but the real problem is human\nencroachment on habitat.

\nI met with the China representative of our newest charity recipient – the Wild\nFoundation – while in Beijing. They helped to found the International Wildlife\nCongress, whose goal is to preserve 50% of the land in the world for wildlife\nand habitat. Now is the time to work on preserving these wilderness lands,\nwhile they are still viable. We can’t recreate wilderness, once it is\nencroached upon by human activity.

\nYou will see that I have been posting on my travel blog<\/a> as time allows. I will\nprobably have to post photos once I get back due to internet restrictions here.\nDon’t worry, I am taking notes and will tell you all about it when I get back.\nIf you have questions feel free to send them to Customer Service, and I’ll make\nsure your questions are answered in my blog.

\nSaturday we will have a Day Tour in Shanghai, and then will be flying home\nSunday. Sophie is proud of her Chinese heritage, but also very happy to be an\nAmerican citizen. This trip has really opened her eyes, which is a good thing\nfor any US teenager. The trip to the orphanage is going to be quite emotional.\nWe appreciate that the China government pays for adoptees to return to\nexperience their home country.

\nThank you for your support of our family business and our charity program<\/a>. We are nearing $1.6\nmillion raised for organizations who help orphans, those living in extreme\npoverty or needing disaster relief, and also organizations helping to protect\nthe ocean, the environment and the wildlife who live there. We all share this\nbeautiful planet and the more I see of this Earth, the more I feel committed to\nmaking this world a better place for all\u2026with your help. Thank you for sharing\nour business with your quilter friends!

\nWishing you a New Year full of peace and health, creativity and love.

\nSincerely,
\nLuana and Paul \n\n\n\n<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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