Guangzhou!

Hello Everyone, Well we all made it to Guangzhou. We said good-bye our guide Michael in Nanning, and meet up with Jophy in Guangzhou. We also met up with the Millers at the hotel. It was great to be able to finally meet them and their new daughter Sarah Beth. Our Hotel is great! The Victory is a fully renovated hotel that is over a hundred years old. I will post pictures of it later. I have found a few pieces of furniture in the sitting areas that I would love to add to my house. Yes, I know, half way around the world and I am still shopping for my house. Anyway, Saturday morning the families had their physical examines for the their children. That was an event. There is a clinic that it totally devoted to immigration purposes. They only see adopted children and people that are immigrating to or from other places. After that we had lunch Cantonese style. They actually rise our dishes for us at our table (there is a picture of it below). I have been able to meet a lot of adopted families along the way. Being here has totally helped me to have a bigger picture of the work that I am apart of. We are a big family here and we are all here to support and take care of the children. It hit me as I as racing down the concourse to baggage claim with a mother and her newly adopted 1.5 year old. She thought that her bag with all her new baby's official paper work was accidentally taken off the plane when we landed in Guangzhou. We got to baggage claim and after looking for the bag, her friends that accompanied them on their adoption journey showed up with their bag. Talk about a sigh of relief! I didn't know her and the only thing that we had in common was our love for children. I love my job and this is the best part. Here are some pictures from the last 2 days. We are off to the Jade and Pearl market in an hour. I will update you all tomorrow. Enjoy. Oh by the way...Thanksgiving dinner was great! We ate authentic Chinese food.