Well…we did it! We’ve been to the US Consulate and gotten sworn in! Tomorrow we will get our visa for our daughter and the packet that will make her a US Citizen upon our arrival in the States. The US Consulate is right next to the White Swan hotel…only some offices have moved half an…
I picked Christian World Adoption for two reasons. One, I liked that they prayed to get the right children and families together. The other reason was that they have a comprehensive China program with a guide and everything taken care of for us here. And they’ve been doing a great job! Our guide, Simon, is…
My new daughter just ran off to meet her friend in my shoes. She wanted money to pay the taxi that Ee-Ee (sp?) was coming in, but she did not want me to come with her…I have no idea why, but she was laughing. My shoes are way too big for her, so she can’t…
Our new daughter LOVES television. For the most part, this is not interesting to me–except for the amusement of her being like Orville–because I don’t speak the language here…but I’ve fallen in love with one of the shows, even without being able to understand it. The show is like a live action anime. The costumes…
We are staying at the White Swan which is the kind of luxury resort hotel people stay at in the movie verisions of Danielle Steele novels. Goungzhou is a tropical city with palm trees and these wide trees with vines and something–moss?–hanging down from them. Absolutely beautiful! The hotel is on an island between the…