Trip to China
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Thursday, May 22, 2008 This is it! We are pretty much packed and ready to come home! We will get up very early in the morning and be at the airport by 6 AM. We will try to post a 'We're Home' update within a few days of getting home and acclimated. Our nightly updates will unfortunately come to an end. It has been a lot of work to post every night but it has been wonderful to document our journey for you and for Marossie one day in the future. China has been such a life changing experience for both James and I. We only thought we knew what hard work meant. If you think you work hard, make a trip over here and see what these amazing people do day in, day out. I am humbled by this country. If you know me, you know that my favorite generation of people are the elderly, some of the elderly citizens of China have brought me to tears, they are so beautiful and wise. Out and about I would hope to make eye contact with some of them; some would just keep their eyes to the ground while most would return a smile of true genuineness. The kindness that they exude just from their happy faces touched my soul over and over again. I so longed for the knowledge to speak their language. On a few occasions we were stopped by elderly ladies who were curious as to why we had a Chinese child with us and we were prepared. Before we left for China, we laminated a card printed in Chinese that said: Greetings! We are here adopting a precious child from the People's Republic of China. We are enjoying your beautiful country and its friendly people. Our child is a blessing to our family. Thank you. The response was overwhelmingly wonderful. We will be back to China one day and I will know the language next time. We went to our consulate appointment today. It was so neat to stand with our right hand raised and swear to care for the precious child we have been blessed with. Although the oath-taking ceremony was a bit anticlimactic, I was a little emotional inside. To think that everything we have worked for and dreamed about is finally here. We are bringing home our daughter!!!!! James and I have so many people we want to thank for so many reasons. We have had so much love and support from so many people that it would be impossible to list you all. Please know that your prayers have meant the most to us and we will continue to need them! Please pray for our endurance during our long day of travel. Family and Friends, we love you! Thank you for coming on this journey with us. We can't wait for Marossie to be able to meet her posse! Dear Duncan Family, You all are so wonderful, James and I would not have made this trip without you. Thank you for allowing us to share your journey. We are honored. You have a beautiful, sweet family and we cant wait until we can meet up in the future so we can meet the boys. Elizabeth, You are a world class traveler! James and I can't imagine making this trip when we were five years old. We were impressed with you everyday of the trip. You are beautiful and sweet and we can't wait to watch you grow up. Thank you for making our trip to China that much more fun! Rachel, You are such a joy. James and I are honored to be involved in a small part of your history. You are beautiful and your smile can light up a room. We will miss seeing your sweet face every day. All our love, James, Amy and Marossie

Acting silly Ready for the consulate appointment Happier by the day We just told her that we will be traveling for the next 24 hours!

WHAT, we're not in first class?


Rachel and Marossie on red couch photo day

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