The Big Toy Room

Hello from humid, rainy Guangzhou. It's been raining for two days solid--not off and on for two days, but a steady rain fall for two days. So we are becoming quite good w/ umbrellas (which the hotel provides).

Have to give a big thumbs up to the toy company Mattel. There is big room in the hotel full of Mattel toys where parents can take their kids and turn them loose. Zach loves it and it's been good to see how he interacts with other kids. Downtime in our room has been spent wrestling and tickling. We love to hear Zach's laughs during these times.

On Saturday, we had an orientation with our agency where we turned in some of the paperwork we've been toiling over for years. Good to see it put to use.

Today (Sunday) we went to church. Both services were full (Nancy went to the first, I went to the second). The services were somewhat similar to what we do at home. Although the first was in Chinese and the second was both English and Chinese.

Tonight we had supper with the group of families from Holt. It has been fun to watch how the kids are attaching to the parents. Every family in our group has a child from Holt's Children of Promise program. This is a program established to help kids with special medical needs find a forever family. What a blessing for the parents and children both!