Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Tuesday, July 20th- Consulate Appointment and Dinner Cruise

Today was our consulate appointment which involves us staying in our room while our guide goes to the appointment.  We have to be available if there are any questions about our paperwork.  If the phone doesn't ring by 11:30 you know you are free and clear.  Our phone didn't ring!  One more step down.

After lunch I went shopping with a lady from China who got us incredible deals on pearls and jade.  It was a lot fun and a very nice break for me.  Kirk took the girls for me and they went to a bookstore where a family with our group was looking for some books for their older daughter that they adopted. 

For dinner we went on a cruise of the Pearl River.  The food was disgusting but the views were very pretty.  However, when we went to the top of the boat it scared Jia and she cried/whimpered the rest of the time. 

I have a hard time getting the captions under the correct pictures but most of these are from the cruise.  Jia loves to make the silly face that she is making in the one picture and yes, that is Kirk eating a chicken foot!
She is having a really hard time medically right now, nothing serious but very painful for her. Without sharing too much, please pray for her and her pain.  I think we figured out what was wrong and she seeems some better today but last night was rough on her.  Please also pray for the rest of our journey as we have a very long flight home on Friday.  We will leave our hotel in Hong Kong around 7 a.m. Friday morning our time and arive in Charlotte 24 hours later at 7p.m. Friday night (7 a.m. Saturday morning to our bodies).  We miss you all and cannot wait to introduce you to our little whirlwind, Jia!

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