Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Day 3: Today I played with a kid named Tian Ci. I would guess he is 3 years old. He was probably abandoned by his parents because of his cleft palate which has since been surgically repaired. He was raised in an illegal catholic orphanage, so he is given the last name Tian. Tian is one of the words for catholic in chinese. Children from state-run orphanages are given the last name Dang. This means they are allowed by the Chinese government. China Care took Tian Ci from the orphanage and brought him to a local Branch and then to Beijing to get surgery. In the morning he slept late so I didnt see him. In the afternoon he played with the wiffleball that I brought and we learned he is left handed. Then, we went to the park where he did Monkey bars and smelled leaves. At the end of the day, when the volunteers had to go to their meeting with Brent, we both had to be reassured that we would play tomorrow. In our meeting with Brent we discussed why state-run orphanages don't work and determined that with a public company in a communist country there is no incentive to perform well as an employee because there is no motivation because you can't get fired.Tonight I was overjoyed to find the Red Sox in first place.

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