You never know!

This story goes a bit backwards in time, but it’s worth telling. 

 It was always understood that Vannie is an orphan. He had been given up as a toddler, and with a name as common as Smith or Johnson, there was no way to track his family down. But sometimes things work in mysterious ways. 

While applying for his government support, out of the blue, a clerk points at Vannie’s papers and says: “ I know his mother, we were classmates in elementary school. She just moved to Gobi”.

We decided not to tell Vannie anything, because at that point, it was just a suspicion.  Some serious detective work was needed, and who was better suited for that than Ayuraa, the police chief in charge of runaways! When I returned to the US in late April, I believed that I’d set things in motion. 

 To read the full story and updates of my June 2012 trip, please go to the website.  http://www.eternalblueskyofmongolia.org/

To be continued soon.