I cleaned out some of my old texts in my phone this week. You will never guess what I found! On 10/13/2010 (1 year ago yesterday) I sent Lonnie a text telling him that Zach said we should go to China to get a baby. It was something Zachary thought up all on his own, as Lonnie and I had not been talking about the next adoption with Zach yet.
One year later to the exact day, our agency has our dossier in their hands. They will be sending it to China today!
Friday, October 14, 2011
Where in the world is Mason?
I was never very good with geography or history. Luckily google and wikipedia can help me out! I did some researching today and found out some info about where Mason is living. He's currently at an orphanage at the Social General Welfare Huiyang District, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. I found this picture of the orphanage:
Huizhou is located at the northeast end of Pearl River Delta, southeast part of Guangdong Province, and facing Daya Bay in China South Sea. The coordinates of Huizhou is 23°05′N 114°22′E. Huizhou borders Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Except Shenzhen, Huizhou is the nearest city from Hong Kong among cities in Mainland China.
Here's a little history for you about Huizhou City: Huizhou (Chinese: 惠州; pinyin: Hùizhōu; Cantonese: Wai⁶zau¹) , historically known as Waichow, is a city located in central Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Administered as a prefecture-level city, it has 4,60 million residents in its area of jurisdiction. Its southern part made of Huiyang district is now part off guangzhou-Shenzhen built up area, the biggest built up area in the world with more than 40 million inhabitants encompassing the whole Shenzhen, Dongguan cities and main part of Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongsghan and small parts of Jiangmen and Huizhou cities. There are two main dialects spoken by local people in Huizhou: Hakka (客家话/客家話) and a Cantonese dialect which is Huizhouhua (惠州话/惠州話). The two dialects are somewhat interrelated and similar so people can easily understand each other. As more newcomers from the other provinces come to work in Huizhou, Mandarin has become the other popular language in Huizhou.
Information about their economy: Huizhou gained benefit from the Chinese economic reform of the late 1980s. The blossoming of the real estate market attracted capital investment from Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the provincial economic development strategy, Huizhou is regarded as a site for a world-class petrochemical industry, as well as a hub for developing information technology, and expanding exports and trade.TCL Corporation is a multinational electronics company headquartered in the city.
Other foreign investors / manufacturing companies:
Desay; Viasystems; WalMart; AEON
Huizhou is located at the northeast end of Pearl River Delta, southeast part of Guangdong Province, and facing Daya Bay in China South Sea. The coordinates of Huizhou is 23°05′N 114°22′E. Huizhou borders Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Except Shenzhen, Huizhou is the nearest city from Hong Kong among cities in Mainland China.
Here's a little history for you about Huizhou City: Huizhou (Chinese: 惠州; pinyin: Hùizhōu; Cantonese: Wai⁶zau¹) , historically known as Waichow, is a city located in central Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. Administered as a prefecture-level city, it has 4,60 million residents in its area of jurisdiction. Its southern part made of Huiyang district is now part off guangzhou-Shenzhen built up area, the biggest built up area in the world with more than 40 million inhabitants encompassing the whole Shenzhen, Dongguan cities and main part of Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongsghan and small parts of Jiangmen and Huizhou cities. There are two main dialects spoken by local people in Huizhou: Hakka (客家话/客家話) and a Cantonese dialect which is Huizhouhua (惠州话/惠州話). The two dialects are somewhat interrelated and similar so people can easily understand each other. As more newcomers from the other provinces come to work in Huizhou, Mandarin has become the other popular language in Huizhou.
Information about their economy: Huizhou gained benefit from the Chinese economic reform of the late 1980s. The blossoming of the real estate market attracted capital investment from Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the provincial economic development strategy, Huizhou is regarded as a site for a world-class petrochemical industry, as well as a hub for developing information technology, and expanding exports and trade.TCL Corporation is a multinational electronics company headquartered in the city.
Other foreign investors / manufacturing companies:
Desay; Viasystems; WalMart; AEON
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