Here is the picture of our travel group, 1444, taken in the lobby of the Crown Plaza Hotel in Zhengzhou. For now, we'll let you try to figure out how to separate the 11 families and 11 adopted children (note that there are more than 11 Chinese children in the pic -- many families like us are returning for a second time!)
Several members in our group commented on the pro-life message on the back of my St Mark sweatshirt. Although none of the locals have been outwardly hostile about Christianity -- we like to joke about the abundance of "religious" Christmas songs played here without a single
image of the Holy Family -- I have noticed that Catholic Exchange's website has been blocked in every hotel we've stayed in thus far.A partial family Christmas picture (we figure we can airbrush in the two boys later!). Note the beautiful "ABC" brand shoes we got for Leah at the nearby Lotus Center the other day. A cute pair of shoes for a little girl that don't blink or squeak! Mommy may be brainwashed to like squeaky shoes by her home school friends, but daddy holds firm on no unnecessary noise coming from the little girl -- she makes a sufficient ruckus on her own, thank you very much!
In a little over 6 hours, we will head for the airport and be in Guangzhou just in time for dinner at Lucy's. Hopefully our supply of diapers doesn't run out before arriving! Now to figure out how to pack these heavy winter coats in with everything else in our bulging suitcases...
Blogs for other members in our travel group:
Football & Fried Rice
Bringing Home Michelle
A Thousand Reasons to Smile
Owen & Alexander
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