Picture Day and Farewell Dinner

Today was picture day. We gathered all the children adopted in our group to sit on the red couch for their picture. It was fun and adorable but you will have to wait until we are home to see them:) Mom, Dad, and the girls at the White Swan Hotel
We had our farewell dinner tonight at a Cantonese Restaurant. SURPRISE!!! It was very good!! We had a very good dinner and company:)
ONE MORE DAY!!!!!!!!!
We will be leaving very early Thursday morning (which will be your Wednesday night) heading to AMERICA!! Colin... Mama's coming home!!!!!! Keep us in your prayers.

Love,
The Gray's

Another Day in China

A view from the island... Dad and his girls....
The girls with Nicki and Timothy from Christian Action (they are both so sweet!!)
Today we visited a Buddhist Temple....
We also took Anna Li for medical examination. We actually did this first thing this morning:)
I will not have much to write about the last few days here. Today we completed the medical exam, tomorrow we have our ACS appointment, Wednesday we will visit the zoo and that afternoon take the oath and get Anna Li's visa., AND THURSDAY we will be flying HOME!! Yippie!!! I can not hardly wait to get home to my little Colin!!!!! We all miss him sooooo much!!!

2 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!

More Blessings

Tonight we had the privilege to meet with Nicki and Timothy from Christian Action. They are such wonderful people and support such a great cause. They have done so much for the children of Xining, especially my daughter:) I have prayed for my daughter since I was at least 15 and the Lord sent them to watch over her. They were the answer to my many prayers. I will never be able to repay them for their kindness. Tonight they gave Anna Li a very sweet card and a jade necklace. They also gave Bethany a jade necklace. They gave mommy and daddy many more pictures!!! I will share a few with you:) (above) Anna Li on the play ground at the orphanage.
(above) Anna Li at school.
(above) Anna Li loves playing games. Since we have been here we have played ping pong and snookers.
(above) Anna Li has already shared with us that she loves basketball.. now we have pictures of her playing.
(above) This looks like it may have been taken at Center Square but I could be wrong. Isn't she precious!!!

(Back tracking!!) Leaving Xining

Our last afternoon in Xining. Pictures on the way to the airport. The girls like to take pictures:)


The girls saying goodbye to Peter, our guide in Xining.

We Have Arrived!!

We have made it safely to Guangzhou. I think we are all really going to like it here. We had Papa John's Delivered to our room tonight:) Food at last!!

Chad is teaching Anna Li English right now. He just said, "Say it again" and she did. She said, "say it again." It is so funny! We forget sometimes that she doesn't understand us. If you say what is this she will say "what is this". I think things will be a little easier once we are home.

It's late and I'm tired (I almost wrote it's tired and I'm late!!) so we will post more tomorrow which will be tonight for most of you:)

Good Night!

Kristy

Too Funny!

This is too funny!! While at the People's Park, we stopped to watch this man ride a motorcycle in a cage shaped like a ball. All of the sudden people started gathering all around us taking pictures. Half the people stopped watching the show and started watching us. It started out with a couple of kids wanting their picture made with Bethany and then it grew, and grew, and grew!!! I think I counted over 20 people and more were still running towards us to get in the picture. I have pictures of them taking pictures of us. I was laughing so hard I couldn't hold the camera straight. I bet those motorcycle men were not to happy with us:) Our guide said they do not get to see foreigners too often so they were just taking advantage of the opportunities. I can't tell you how many photo albums my daughters are going to be in:)

Fun Friday!!

Today we went to the Center Square and walked around when Anna Li suggested we go to the People's Park. We hailed a cab and off we went. It was the best day yet!! At the entrance there was a little outdoor pet shop. Anna Li loves dogs!! The People's Park was very nice and there was lots to see and do.
This would be Chad trying to push me in the water.
Lots of fair rides!! Anna Li did not want to ride this but then she decided she would if I would. I think it scared both of us to death!! We screamed our heads off and of course everyone had to gather around to see the crazy Americans:) Anna Li did a good job of keeping up with how many rides she took and how many Bethany took. She didn't want to ride some so Bethany had more and she started demanding fair treatment:) Is this a little sibling rivalry starting????
On top of the bridge at People's Park
What a wonderful day!!!!!!!