March 5, 2007

A View of Life in China

photo #1: bathroom in Chongqing photo#2 moms enjoying their new girls.

photo #3: Larry & Wendy in hotel Photo#4: Our Red Couch photo with Em
lobby with Emma

photo #5 dinner at local resturant photo#6: children at gym class

photo#7: out shopping with friends photo#8: Emma admiring statue

photo #9: shopping at shop under stairs photo#10&11: Emma in hotel room

photo#12: Emma in mirror avoiding us photo#13: finally sleeping!












































































The plane ride to Guangzhou was a first for this wee one. We did not know what to expect as she just had double ear infections. But the Amoxicillin worked (PTL).








We have been in Guangzhou now for a few days - climate is more humid than Chongqing and clearly a large city - always busy. Emma continues to cling to Wendy which is good. As far as she is concerned, I beleive Emma would prefer that I disappear. The China Hotel is ok but nothing great - we have had to have them fix a few things. As always, the Chinese people are very nice. They live the community life which Americans seem to busy to enjoy.

The medical clinic tests were interesting. The doctor seemed concerned about what he heard in Emma's heart so he consulted with another doctor. They wanted her original charts which we did not have. As it turns out, they think she is ok - the heart "noise" is not of concern to them. We have an appointment at Children's Hospital on April 4. Our prayer is that this little one will not need heart surgery -wouldn't be awesome?
So many children were being adopted by Americans that it was very impressive.

Greg and Maren Rausch have been just an awesome family that have assisted us with caring for Nadya while we are gone. In addition, they introduced us to Jordan. We brought things from them for Jordan and he was most thankful. After spending time in his store we decided that we needed a suitcase to carry our treasures home. At 140 yuan, this case was a bargain at $18

shopping at Jordan's Shop with friends, Jordan is in the middle.
notice the LARGE suitcases the men have, they are full of goodies
purchased at Jordan's. I bet he was happy!
Some of the people we have travelled with have taken ill - various issues. So far, all is well with the three of us though. Emma goes to bed at 8 PM and the room must be dark for her to settle down. She does not like the crib so Wendy gets her on the bed and tries to calm her down. In time, she falls asleep and we move her to the crib. We are most fortunate that she sleeps all night. This morning for example, she woke up at 8 AM and stood up in the crib just looking at us. She may still be wondering what happened! God is good

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