Saturday, March 22, 2008

Update...and we can't view the blog

We are actually having difficulty viewing the blog. We can still post to it, and will continue to do so. If you have any questions please email them to one of us so we will know what you are asking.

We spent yesterday (Saturday) morning at the Great Wall followed by a drive-by of the Olimpic Village just outside Beijing. I will try to catch up with those posts later tonight. We flew to Wuhan today and met Christine, our guide for the week and the one who made all of our arrangements for Wuhan and Guangzhou, including Gotcha Day and all of the official adoption stuff we are involved in throughout the rest of our stay. This is the first time that all four families in our original adoption group have met face-to-face. Christine took us for a walk to one of the nicer Chinese restaurants in the area of the hotel. She ordered about 10 items off the menu and we all sampled whatever we wanted until we were full. It is incredibly inexpensive here. The bill was just under 450 yuan for thirteen people, including drinks. $100 American is 698 yuan today... so that work s out to less than $5 per person???? Crazy! Well... tomorrow is Gotcha Day, and we are told that we are leaving the hotel at 9:30 to pick up Megan at 10:00 AM, so for you that will be 10:00 PM on Easter Sunday!! We are told they will introduce the babies one family at a time, so it might not be 10:00 on the dot... but it won't be long after 10 as they do not like to drag it out. Having the caretakers "hang around" is an unnecessary stress on the babies than is necessary, and since we already know tht the actual foster parent will not be bringing Megan to us, there will be no real reason to hank aroound and "chat". We will likely be back to the hotel by 11:00 AM!! Happy Easter to all! Talk to you again soon!

2 comments:

Roseann said...

Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. Happy Easter. You are in our thoughts and prayers daily!!!! :)

Love,
Joe, Maryann, Roseann, and Joseph

Pastor Schuett said...

Easter services just finished here. You guys are probably resting with Megan after a stressful journey filled with anticipation! We even had a prayer for you all and can hardly wait for your return. You missed a WONDERFUL breakfast at the new Fellowship Hall, but there's always next year! Happy Easter to all! Pastor Schuett & famiy