Great Day, Great Wall

Ni Hao! We are writing this while waiting in the airport in Beijing for our flight to Nanjing which has been delayed! We are having a wonderful time in China! We got up this morning and after learning how to brush our teeth with bottled water and keeping our mouths closed while taking a shower, we went downstairs and had breakfast in the hotel buffet. They had lots of good food.. just like in the U.S. (scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, waffles, etc.). We even got to drink the orange juice and the water! After breakfast we went to a local store and purchased some bottled water and snacks for the day. People are everywhere walking and riding bikes…. And the drivers in China would fit right in driving down Atlanta Highway and Talladega!!! After we checked out of our hotel we went and had lunch at The Friendship Market which is connected to the Cloisonné Factory. The food was great… it tasted just like Ming’s or Asia Bistro!! We ate shrimp, pork, chicken, vegetables, and noodles. We then toured the Cloisonné Factory. The art of making Cloisonné is very tedious but the finished product is absolutely beautiful. We did some shopping afterwards and I got some awesome Christmas ornaments. Our next stop was the Great Wall. The wall is manmade but the mountains surrounding the wall were designed by God and they are beautiful!! It was very windy and cold but we managed to climb up a little ways. The steps are very steep and uneven. We then came to the airport and since our flight was delayed we ate dinner at KFC!!! This KFC was huge.. about the size of a grocery store! Doris, our guide, had to order for us. It tasted just back home! By the way, our guides, Mrs. Pat and Doris, are taking great care of us. Doris somehow managed to talk the airport baggage person into not charging us an overweight fee. She told them that our extra suitcase was donations of medicines and they did not charge us! The Lord is truly looking out for us and we can feel everyone’s prayers! We just learned that we will be getting Sam at 10:15am Monday morning… that will be 8:15pm Sunday night Alabama time. Please be praying for all three families as we start bonding with our children. The other families are the Schmidt and the Gallahue families. Well I guess the next time I post we will have our precious son!! We cannot wait to hold him!