OIympic Torch Victory!

I want to thank everyone who voted for Jenny Bowen of the Half the Sky Foundation to carry the Olympic Torch in China. She got the most votes of all the applicants! This means so, so much to me. If not for this woman, Jade would have had a very different life before coming to us. Click on this link if you'd like to see a tiny glimpse of the "Baby Sisters" program that Jade was in. Her orphanage called it the "Grandma Caring program."
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-11/01/content_6223176.htm

Below is the email I received from Half the Sky.

To all of our dear, dear friends of Half the Sky - YOU made it happen!
This week in Beijing we got some wonderful news. Thanks to the concerted efforts of our most extraordinary HTS family, I am going to carry the Olympic Torch in Beijing!!
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/2007-11/02/content_6224493.htm
http://pub1.chinadaily.com.cn/cdpdf/olym/
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/torch_page.html
I do not yet know if I will be permitted to run with the children. That will be up to the Olympic Committee. But you can be sure of one thing:
Whether or not I am allowed to run WITH the children, the world will know that I am running FOR them.
Thank you, everyone, for helping to share the Olympic spirit with China’s orphans. I know that those children who are old enough to understand will be so proud that they have a place in China’s grand celebration.
With love and thanks beyond measure,
Jenny
Jenny Bowen
Executive Director
Half the Sky Foundation
www.halfthesky.org