Mu's Story

ICC's education manager wrote a story about Ian/Mu for the annual report this year.  We are blessed to be able to share this with you all. As an update to the end of this article, I can confirm that Ian has not cried to go back to the orphanage since early last week. When we returned from visiting the orphanage I gave him his school papers and flash cards. He was very happy to have them but did not get sad. The next day I showed him the pictures of Mama with his nannies and teachers. He was looking and naming them but not sad. He LOVES the card his teacher made for him. He names all of his friends. But still no tears. 

Mu graduated from the kindy in January and moved to the CE group class. He is the only physically able child.  Of his other 4 classmates, 3 of them have CP and need a wheelchair or walker to get around. Another boy Tao (known as Moses) has some physical limitations and walks slowly. So Mu became his teacher's big helper.

 

Everyday, Mu is the first one to arrive at the classroom. Then he will help his teacher to help the other children into the classroom.  Besides, he is also the water boy. Every school day, he will go to the office to get some water for his classmates and will proudly tell our office lady Mary that he is not stealing water but getting water for his classmates.

 

He is also the message boy. His teacher is teaching him to take message for others. Though it took a few back and forths to get the message across at the very beginning. He loves running this errand and enjoys the free access to offices and some other function rooms, since he is doing a serious job for his teacher.  Because of this, he has become the "Mr. Know All".   He will tell you that there are lots of new toys in the office donated by visitors, and that the rats damaged the baby room's air conditioner, that the canteen will serve eggplants for lunch.   Many times, his teacher couldn't find a piece of paper or some small stuff, he would know and find it for her in his classroom.

 

Recently he was very excited to know that he would soon go to America. When he got the letter and package from his American family, he proudly told everyone he saw and showed them the new toys mom and daddy sent, and their pictures. He was looking forward to seeing them and being with them. 

 

He has lots of friends in the center. His teacher developed lots of his pictures for him to make thank you cards for his friends before he left. He made a long thank you list n told his teacher which pictures was for who. He is so loved and popular in the center. No wonder he has so many friends to thank. His teacher helped him write in the card for Kyla, "Dearest Kyla, thank you very much for bringing me into ICC family years ago, and thank you for finding me a forever family year later. I will miss you very much…."

 

Mu is in America now and is very much missed by his classmates. They all felt a little lost, since Mu took his joy away too.  Yuan said.  "I really hope we can go to America too, so we can play with Mumu."  Oh…Mumu…we miss you.

 

Mu is missing them too.  Since he was very attached to the center his American family paid us a visit without him. We were told he cried the day before and so he stayed back rather than disrupt him emotionally. We all had tears welling up in our eyes.  His classmate bought an apple for him from the class shopping time. So they were a little disappointed that Mu didn't come, but they still waited and waited for his mom, to give her the apple. That apple is the apple of love, and carried their best wishes for Mu.  We all know that he will be happy and bless his family and everyone in America, but we will still hold him in our hearts.