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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Today was a free day. We spent time wandering around the hotel and grounds, making a trip to the grocery store with our guide to pick up some last minute things for Gracie, and organizing our rooms in preparation for the “big day” tomorrow.

It is now around 10:00 P.M., and we are extremely tired. Sophia and Deidra are already in bed fast asleep. I will not be long in heading that way.

The day before a “Gotcha Day” has to be the most surreal day of the entire adoption process. It is finally here. You wait and wait, and finally soon you can go receive your child. On this Eve of Gotcha Day for Grace Cheng Mei, I can’t help but wonder what she might be thinking at this moment. Does she know that we love her? Does she know that we are so close by? Does she know that God loves her, too? Maybe some of the questions can be answered tomorrow!


Our guide John. We are really enjoying talking to him. Here he is at the grocery store. This is like an escalator for shopping carts.


Images inside a Chinese grocery store

 
Beautiful Sophia in front of a My Little Pony display for the Chinese New Year. It is Year of the Horse.


A very serene view from across the lake in a park near our hotel.


A Chinese version of an outdoor gym.


Items we purchased today at the store to remind Gracie of her orphanage
(her home for the last 7 1/2 years).


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