Day 8 - "In China"

Today was amazing! What a great day in China :)

We all slept until 6:30 am -- woohoo! The breakfast was incredible-- and even more incredible- it was FILLED with USA families and their new little ones. Conversations and smiles everywhere.

At 10:00 we boarded our bus to go get Lil's passport photos and medical exams. The exam office was crazy. We had 4 areas to bring her through-- height & weight, ENT ,TB test/injection, and lastly, medical/surgery . We were nervous -
1. Height & Weight-- so she's a runt-- but we lOVE her !
2. ENT- all looked good
3. TB- Daddy held her for the injection- I held her head - watching their face change from soo happy to fear crushes me.
4. Med-- first thing they did was look over her paperwork. Downs? They have another name for it. Then... the doc listened to her heart. And listened to her heart. And listened to her heart. Then he went to get another doc. He listened to her heart. Listened to her heart. Listened to her heart. The 2 talked several minutes. They make notes on the paperwork ( in Chinese ) and tell us-- OK- move on.

So, I wanna throw up. Literally. Or cry. I find out translator- and ask her to read the medical report. She said "Oh, JinYu has a heart murmur- and it is a 2. Never are they concerned unless it is over a 3. " Oh THANK YOU LORD! We will have her thoroughly examined when we get back. But- right now- we are just thankful!

Then we had 2 hours to walk about shops. They are soo friendly. We got Lil several authentic dresses-- they are like $4.00 - $20.00. She will be so beautiful in them :) Our China doll!

Then - back to the hotel. Quick run to McD's . Then-- We had to get all our laundry bagged up and sent out. Then I had to go do the final paperwork-- but I must say- the most stressful paperwork. 2 hours. Done! The 4 other families from "our" group are very nice-

Now it is 5 pm. We are going to order our Lilly's 3rd Birthday cake. She has a lot of new friends ( families of adopted children we have met) who we invited to our room Wednesday to have our Birthday party :)

Tomorrow (Sunday for us) is a guided touring date. We are going to a safari . We will be gone for most of the day-- but will look for you on Skype or Gmail. We are feeling abundantly Blessed right now--- both girls ( & my baby boy back home) are such gifts from God! Thank you for trusting them to us !

Hope all is well back home! Can't wait for you to meet our new addition!


Lisa & Bill



And when Esau lifted up his eyes and saw the women and children, he said, “Who are these with you?” Jacob said, “The children whom God has graciously given your servant.”
(Genesis 33:5 ESV)