Tengwang Pavilion and the Terrible Towel

Those of you who have been following our journeys know that we believe that each of children have been uniquely prepared for us by God. So it should also follow that we believe God has called each of our children to be Steeler fans. Many of you, we know, would be disappointed if you didn't see Aiden in a Steeler shirt holding the Terrible Towel. So here his, in front of Nanchang's most famous landmark, the Tengwang Pavilion. This pavilion was originally built over 1,300 years ago and has been destroyed and rebuilt 29 times. So in a sense - just like the Steelers, you can never rule them out - they keep coming back.

While at the Tengwang Pavilion we ran into Sissi, our guide from 4 years ago when we where here to adopt Makayla. Our current guide, Lilly, ran into her first. While they were talking we recognized her and she actually, after a moment, recognized us. In the picture, Sissi is on the left and Lilly on the right. Sissi, 4 years ago, tried to teach us Chinese nursery songs to sing to our little girls. Lilly has been wonderful helping us out with our boys as we tour and shop.

We have had the opportunity to meet several families from all over the U.S. who have come to adopt little girls. We also met a family today from New Zealand.

Adam continues to do well. We went swimming again today. Aiden and Adam are blowing bubbles as we type. Tonight he gets to say Hi to his new sisters over the phone. Tomorrow we are going to visit his old orphanage where will will also drop off some new clothes and candy.

Many thanks to all for the prayers. God has been amazing as always. We miss our girls and look forward to talking to them tonight. We think of our son, Jeremy, now in Bahrain, and how much we enjoyed his company on the last trip.

The journey home continues...