Henan Province

Henan province is located in south-central China.  The name Henan translated means "south of the river" and this province lies south of China's Yellow River. The weather seems very similar to what we experience here in Indiana, cold winters and warm summers!The capital city is Zhengzhou which is where we will be staying while in Henan province.  It is the third most populous province in China with over 94 million people.  To put that in perspective if Henan was a country by itself it would be the 12th most populous in the world. (I am definitely trying to impress this fact upon Braden and Cameron... NOT THE PLACE TO WONDER OFF!!!) Henan is considered to be one of the less developed areas in China and many there make their living in agriculture (Rhylan should feel right at home out in the middle of farmland ha!)  The Sanmenxia SWI is the orphanage in the Henan province where Rhylan currently lives.  We will meet her at the Zhengzhou Civil Affairs building on Monday, January 13th!!  She will come on a bullet train with her nanny and Yang Na, the director of the orphanage.