Day 12

Day 12:

"Thursday

Just got off of skype with Jenna and Malerie, and then with Chelsea. The
technological world is amazing. When we read biographies of people like Hudson
Taylor or Gladys Aylward who moved to China a long time ago, and then we
compare it with today, it’s amazing what we can do like speak face to face with Jenna
and Malerie and Chelsea. Sometimes the families of those early patriarchs didn’t
even know if they had successfully arrived, or didn’t know for a long time. And now
we can instantly message and skype face to face. Incredible.
Began the morning with breakfast. It was the last one here for most of our
team. They will leave at 2:30 for Hong Kong, and then fly out tomorrow. We’ll leave
tomorrow morning. Pictures of the group at 2pm.
Gerald and the boys are up stairs watching the Texas Rangers in their first
game of the World Series. Go Rangers!
Met the B’s for our last lunch at Mickey D’s. They are a sweet couple and have
adopted a darling boy.
Gave our boys their Legos this morning and they worked on them while
Daddy was watching the Rangers lose the first game. They are just finishing up the
second Lego ship; it was a little more difficult than the first.
Had pictures of all the adopted children. Got onto American’s website and
showed the boys our seats on our plane to America.
Everyone has boarded the bus and are off to Hong Kong except us and
another mother and child. Not much longer now.
Legos are a great toy!!! And quite an entertainer for two little boys.
We leave for the airport to fly to Beijing in less than 24 hours; and will be on
our way to America in less than 48 hours. Yeah going home!
It’s now late in the afternoon. The boys have been entertained by the Legos
literally ALL afternoon. I know one good present to purchase for Christmas! Gerald
finished his book while Mommy watched the boys and read through the books we
bought them this afternoon. It really has been a quiet and relaxing afternoon. It’s
the first time we’ve spent any significant amount of time playing in our room.
One more night and then “feiji” (plane) to Beijing.
Watching the world news on the TV. It’s good to see what is going on in the
world.
Becky, our guide, dropped off the boys visas and paperwork. We are set to go.
The guides have been fabulous. Each has her own personality, but all are efficient
and god at their job. The hotel just dropped off a survey. I must tell them how
wonderful Shirley has been up at the pool area. Apparently she is an intern for the
semester. She has been such a blessing to us.

I think we’ll have a quiet evening in our room.
Love y’all,
Thanks for continuing to pray for us."