Here is the Article.

I would like to thank Tony Holt of the Tampa Tribune and Hernando Today for choosing to write this story. I think he did a great job . There are always a couple of quotes that need a little more explaining so they make more sense in the context they were intended. Overall the message of helping orphans was sent out. If one family is touched to adopt a child or someone sends some money to an organization to help Orphans than the article served its' purpose. I hope it is taken as a positive message and helps the cause. Four more days and we are off to China. I have one bag packed and one to go. Wow! Here is the article below and the picture from the paper.

Going Back To China
Local firefighter and father of adopted daughter will return to China to take part in outreach camp for orphans.


Photo by DAVE CASEY : Peter and Kim Paolillo of Spring Hill adopted Hannah Joy from China two years ago. Peter is leaving soon to return to China as part of an orphan outreach program.

Going Back To China
By TONY HOLT
Published: July 20, 2008
WEEKI WACHEE - The world's eyes are on China as it prepares to host a swell of visitors next month.
Firefighter, husband, father and global Samaritan Peter Paolillo will be among them.
His purpose is different than most.
He won't be watching swimming, track and field or gymnastics. He is more focused on what those spectators likely won't see between the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.
He is there to offer a 10 days worth of hope, support and mentorship to a small group of neglected children and teenagers.
Paolillo will take part in an orphan outreach camp beginning Thursday. He returns Aug. 3, five days before the Olympics begin in Beijing – located 450 miles north of where he will be staying.
"Basically, we go and help orphans who don't get out of the orphanage much," he said. "We get to take them out swimming and camping."
He will be visiting Zhengzhou, an industrial city with a population of more than 7 million. It is an area both of enormous wealth and abject poverty. Most of its residents, like the rest of the country, fall under the latter.
It has a sprawling urban center as well as 2,500 square miles of rural space. It is one of the most famous of what the Chinese call a prefecture-level city – a large area with a metropolis-like core.
More and more people around the world are paying attention to the booming city. The Discovery Channel recently aired "The People's Republic of Capitalism," hosted by Ted Koppel. Much of it was filmed in Zhengzhou.
Paolillo and his wife, Kim, know their Chinese culture. The former has much of it tattooed across his arm.
Among the many designs inked into his flesh are a traditionally dressed Chinese woman, stone lion and pagoda – a traditional tower-like building prevalent in China. They cover every inch of skin from his deltoid muscle to his wrist.
Their knowledge and interest comes from their adopted daughter – 3-year-old Hannah Joy.
They visited Nanchang, located in southeastern China, in February 2006. They returned with their daughter, who was 11 months old at the time.
"We felt led by God," said Paolillo. "We felt called to do it."
The openly religious Paolillo spoke while Christian contemporary music played in the background. His daughter was taking swimming lessons with two other children in the backyard pool while his wife watched them through the kitchen window along with the other mothers.
"She's an American kid," he said. Nonetheless, he and his wife clearly wish to have their daughter exposed to at least some of her native culture. After all, it has had an effect on them.
Following the adoption, Paolillo wanted to learn all he could about special needs children around the globe.
His research led him to discover there are more than 140 million orphans around the world. More than 15 million are in China.
By comparison, there are 100,000 in the United States.
He understands some people's criticism of flying nearly 18 hours to adopt a child when there are enough to choose from in this country – or in Florida for that matter.
But 15 million was impossible to ignore. It still is.
"We never looked at adoption as an option," Paolillo said, "but it was the best thing we've ever done. It was the best decision of our lives.
"We're not trying to advance any particular group or country," he continued. "We just wanted to adopt."
For the upcoming trip, Paolillo will be flying solo. His wife will remain at home with their daughter.
The camp's headquarters will be at Sias University, an American-owned college.
"They opened their doors for us and for this camp," he said.
The outreach program was inspired by "Bring Me Hope," a small, California-based nonprofit group founded with the purpose of offering aid and attention to Chinese orphans.
Up to 500 children are invited to the camp. More than 150 volunteers and staff from around the world take part. They come from the United States, Canada, Australia and the Philippines, Paolillo said.
Each mentor is assigned two "buddies" and a translator.
Paolillo will be there for a couple days before the camp begins. He plans to see a few sights, including the Great Wall, which he visited in 2006.
He knows there will be little time for that when the activities start.
"I was told as soon as your head hits the pillow at night, you're out," he joked.
The camp will include children ages 5 to 18. Parents looking to adopt generally shy away from kids after they reach a certain age, Paolillo said.
Those are the ones he wants to help the most.
Would he like to adopt again? Perhaps someday.
The Hernando County firefighter and his school teacher spouse have enough financial challenges at this point in their lives. They've decided to wait and see whether divine intervention comes knocking for a second time.
"We would love to adopt again," said Paolillo. "Right now, we haven't been called to do so."
Reporter Tony Holt can be reached at 352-544-5283 or wholt@hernandotoday.com.