But before I get ahead of myself, let's take the day in chronological order. After breakfast, we called Henry and asked if we could go visit Gracie again, he said yes and they picked us up around nine. This time, we actually went inside her orphanage and saw where she lived, and the other orphans. We had given her a bag of treats which she immediately spread out between the children, she shares wonderfully. The three oldest children loved pushing down the button on my camera and taking pictures of each other and seeing the pictures. The two oldest (pink shirt and orange dress) are unavailable to adoption. Sadly, they are there because each has parents in jail, but they are two of the sweetest things I know. Here are pictures,
We then went to lunch at an all you can eat Vietnamese buffet where food from all three regions (North, Central and South) was available. We have documentary pictures of Billy eating pig trotters, and fried squid, and we won't need to eat again until Tuesday!
During lunch we got the call that we were going to get her today at three!!! Yeah!! If we had not gotten her today we would have had to wait until Monday. She was the best little girl that we could hope to have, didn't cry, make a fuss, or even stick her lip out. We then had a long car ride to the giving and receiving ceremony. (G&R aka "grab and run!") Mom and Dad signed a lot of paperwork that they couldn't read, and the official from the Vietnmamese Department of Justice pronounced her ours.
After that we proceeded to the office to apply for her passport and played Frogger on the road crossing. While we were in the waiting area Gracie amused herself by playing with my camera by pushing down the button taking extraneous pictures. After level two of Frogger we finally came home to the hotel. Dad and Billy are out buying water and Gracie is playing with Mom and reading a book upside down. She was very interested in the dental floss and was trying to open it before Mom took it away. She likes being bounced and spun, and has little dimples. Well, more later!
If things go really well we may actually be headed home as early as next Friday night...at 11:55 pm. Please pray all goes efficiently and we can get home soon...with our treasure.
~Sarah
4 comments:
She looks like a Klein. Praise God for a beautiful new covenant child. We are so overjoyed for all the Kleins today. God bless your return trip.
Woohoo! We are praising God for GracieAnn! Praying for you to get home soon so that we can overwhelm her with hugs and kisses!
Congrats on your new little daughter & sister! We can't wait to meet her. I can't believe you passed up duck feet and pickled snakes for KFC - where's your sense of adventure??
Such happy news! Thanksgiving will always have an extra special meaning for you. Billy, you get extra man-points for sampling the culinary treats of Vietnam, though I would have liked a report on the chicken feet and pickled scorpions.
Absolutely can't wait for your safe return home so we can welcome Gracie. And to share a couple pints! :)
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