Incredible Reunion with SWI Sister!!

Sisters: Jingju Guo, Jing Huan Guo & YanLan Guo
(first 3 girls in photos)

YanLan Guo (Yanni) and Jing Huan Guo (Tessa) circa 2005

Last week, I received an email from Stephanie, an adopted Mom with a child also from Guangxi, who asked me to respond to a post on the Guangxi Yahoo Group. The post asked for contact info from families with girls from Bei Hai City SWI; a child recently adopted was missing her friends from China. I really didn't think Tessa would know the child but I responded anyway and I forwarded the request to Lisa in case Jinju might know her.

Well, we got a call on Friday evening. I had to literally stop the car and pull over!! I gave the phone to Tessa because Yanni (YanLan) was very eager to talk with Tessa. As you can tell, Tessa was in shock!! They talked for over 20 minutes, the longest phone conversation she has had, at least since she has been with me.....Tessa was very excited! When we got home, Tessa showed me who "Guo Lan" was from the photos in her Half The Sky Life Book. These girls were very close, they have been together all their lives, they are sisters!!! Yanni's Mom, Allison, said that they visited the blog and Yanni had been very anxious to talk to Tessa ever since. The girls talked again, Allison and I talked again and we scheduled a reunion for the girls for Sunday in Naples.

Tessa didn't quite get that Yanni was in Florida. But gosh, was she excited when I put her name and swimming together!!
How AWESOME is this????? Simply incredible!!