Friends - thank you for being part of our China trip through this blog.  Many have asked us to keep blogging.  We plan to do just that.  Please notice the new topic in the menu bar called "Life with Grace."   This is where all future blogging will occur, and it very appropriately divides our journey with Grace into three parts:  "Waiting for Grace" chronicles our four years of waiting, "The Fitzpatrick's China Trip" journals the process of adoption in Grace's homeland, and "Life with Grace" will be the place we continue to periodically tell our story now that Grace is with her forever family. 

Grace slept 6 1/2 hours straight beginning at 8 PM last night. I (Sharon) went down shortly thereafter because I was going to be on duty tonight. Pat is flying to Georgia for a job interview this morning so I wanted him to get all the rest he could.  That means I got in a good 5 hours and as many of you who have small children know, 4 hours is the "feel human" mark so I am very grateful for that long stretch even if if meant starting my day at 2:30 AM!  But Pat was still struggling with jet lag so he was up at 4 and gave me another 2 hours of sleep so that was fantastic! 

Grace is taking to the boys quite well. She is smiling and enjoying them and even giving my mother some vocalized laughs!  Even Andre who is eager to over-greet our new family member is starting to be accepted. Grace is allowing him to lick her hand and seems to be finding him rather amusing.  The boys had a hard time when Grace was sleeping, "When is she going to be up?! Can we go just look at her?"

Mom is such a big help to me right now with taking care of meal prep and various cleanups around the house. This jet lag thing can knock the socks off of you and to add to it not being able to just get a good long night's sleep to get through it can be challenging. But God is giving us what we need and helping us start on this path toward adjusting to life with 7 -- can you believe it? Seven!  I am overwhelmed at God's goodness. 

One of you dear friends put this beautiful big pink bow on our mailbox. We were thrilled to wake up and see the sight!  Then Mom added the "It's a girl balloon!"  given from our sweet neighbors the Stelpflugs and no one could doubt the arrival of the newest Fitzpatrick! Inside the house the boys had decorated with pink streamers and pink balloons all over.  It all seemed overwhelming to Grace when she first stepped into her new home but already she is showing us her smiles and her joy at being in this crazy family of ours.  I personally think she's actually going to bring a little sanity to this testosterone driven family, but that's just me! 

I really can't thank you enough for praying us through and encouraging us along the way.  Thank you, too, for those of you who have sent us some presents. I was opening them in the wee hours of the morning and nearly at tears with how precious your thoughts are to us and the thought and care that went into those gifts.  You will be hearing from me personally with thanks but in case you are reading, I wanted you to know how much they mean to us!

The rest of the family is just starting to rouse and their day will soon be beginning.  Grace is taking a little mid-morning nap and we'll see what joys and even struggles this day holds.  But we know we are safe in God's care and in His plan for all of us and we are eager for all of the days to come be they here in Raleigh or somewhere else. God has a plan for us and we will joyfully follow.  Blessings to you all!

We are home after 3 flights and 30 hours and what a wonderful feeling it is!  Grace had her Gotcha moment with her brothers finally!!  We came down the stairs to baggage claim and there they were standing with pink "It's a girl!" balloons and big smiles and shouts of "There she is!"  It was a little bit of chaos as you can imagine. They were there along with my mother and our dear friends Ed, Jaime, Zac and Amanda Cook.  I immediately started boohooing like a baby and hugged them all. Grace was a little overwhelmed. She smiled at many of the boys and even gave my Mom a kiss on the forehead (to her great delight) but then had a bit of a meltdown. I was holding her, but she seemed to lose track of where Pat and I were and can you imagine her fear of another abandonment?  So Pat took her and she calmed down and whenever she started to well up with tears, one of us would be there to reassure her that everything was OK.  She had tears intermingled with smiles and all of our airport guests were very considerate of her feelings given they all just wanted to hug and kiss her!

When we left the ground in China Grace and I were looking out the window and I said, "Good-bye land of Grace's birth. Thank you God for allowing her to be born here and thank you that she can now come to America to be with us and to learn about you in freedom. May she come to love you and trust you as we do."

God worked out the pieces of our puzzle to get us home last night.  When we got to Beijing we got into the loooooooooooooong Continental line to re-check our bags to Newark, NJ.  We were at the very end of this line that snaked all the way to the front and we noticed after about 10 minutes that the line was not moving.  While we were standing there, someone came up to me and said, "Come with me."  Obediently we followed, not sure where we were going, but hoping it would help us get our bags checked a bit sooner.  Grace, who hadn't seemed heavy all week, was feeling heavier than usual to my arms as we carried around her and our 3 carry-ons and tried to get our 4 other very heavy gift laden down bags checked.  She took us around the corner to be next in line at another counter! 

When we got to the counter, however, there was a note that said, "We are sorry for the inconvenience, but this flight had a late arrival and will leave at 6:40 and arrive 8:25". Oh boy. Our connecting flight was at 8:45. No way were we getting home as much as we asked, "Do you have any partnering companies that could fly us home?"  It was not only too much for the translation, but it seemed hopeless. The best we could get out of it would be they'd put us up for the night in Newark and we'd fly out at 8:25 AM on Saturday. They also would give us 3 seats for the long flight from Beijing. What could we do but accept? 

Once we were flying, we had some hope, however, that we might actually get home.  We flew Eastward and picked up the jet stream and it helped us gain an hour and arrive at 7:40.  Grace had the most beautiful flights. She didn't cry on any of them except during a couple BM's because that diarrhea we all prayed about has turned into a bit of constipation. But she slept from about 10 to 6 which was just incredible. 

Once we landed, we hustled to immigration where we stood in the Foreign line because until they stamped Grace's paperwork at this port of entry, she was not considered an American citizen. We got in line and discovered to our disappointment that we were in the slowest line. Everyone else was moving but us. An attendant came over and said, "Here - go here" and we obeyed (again) and then watched as the line we had just come from start to move and we were stuck again. We ended up being the next to last people being served and we thought we were doomed. Well, I did. My optimistic husband, said, "You don't know if we've missed it yet," but it was after 8 at this point, and we were still not through customs.

Grace became an American citizen, and I couldn't even snap a picture (official rules), but we said, "Yeah! You're a US citizen!" and the man who helped us was very nice. Although he did say, "You know -- you didn't have to go through this line. You could have gone through that one over there." And he pointed to the area where it was totally cleared out of people!

We rushed then to baggage claim, paid the $5 for the cart. That's one thing China has on us -- they offer those carts for free!  And we hustled to the Customs area. We were the last, and the man just smiled, took our declarations card and sent us through.  It was now 8:15, and we saw a little desk with a Continental person and we told her how much we'd like to make it home. She started flying her fingers over the keyboard and said, "You're in luck. The flight is delayed by 15 minutes and you will make it if you hurry." She grabbed our bags right there and we flew! We picked up the train -- headed in the wrong direction! -- but made it to the gate at about 8:45. The flight was totally packed, and we found out as we boarded that people were waiting at the gate hoping to get on the flight. God got us home folks, that's all I can say, and we were so grateful!

Pictures were being snapped and we hope to post some later today.  We're a bit groggy and Grace spent the night as if it was her mid-day so she took in a long nap but not much more last night. Pat and I tag-teamed a bit on the sleeping, but it will be rough-going for a while as we get her adjusted to the time change. A foreign correspondent was in our group and she travels a great bit and said, "They say, and I have found to be true, that for every hour time change, it takes a day to adjust." That means we have about 12 days to get Grace on our schedule and we'd appreciate your continued prayers in this regard. 

It's 7 AM and we kept the family up way too late last night with giving presents and getting to know Grace. I hope they sleep in this morning, and I hope Pat and I can take a few naps today and start to mess up, if you will, Grace's sleeping pattern.  I've never been happier to be home, however, with fresh running water, ice for our drinks. fresh fruit to eat, and even lettuce to eat -- all things we didn't have on our trip.  And of course, the best is being home with my dear boys who have been waiting longer than us to see their sweet sister.  

We'll keep you posted about her adjustments and ours!  Home sweet home!

Most of our adoption group left early this morning.  We said our goodbyes last night after our last meal together, and then we hit the hay.  Grace woke up at 7:00am, and Sharon was able to coax her back to sleep until about 9:00am. 

After a leisurely breakfast, Sharon and I tag teamed 90 minute massages.  While we sat with our feet soaking in a hot concoction of water of some other dark elixir, they worked on our neck, back, and arms.  After thirty minutes of this, they worked on our feet - thirty minutes per leg.  It was a little bit of heaven, and all for ten bucks each.   This massage was not only thirty minutes longer and ten dollars cheaper than our massage in Nanchang, it was much better in quality.  Sharon did make the comment that a daily massage like this for about one week would probably cure all that ails her.

(Sharon)  As Pat got his massage I walked around with Grace doing a little bit of picture taking, sightseeing, shopping, and searching for a shop Jaime Cook told me about where she met someone she felt was a true believer.  After several attempts to find her shop this week and even more wrong side streets today, I finally came across her shop.  She greeted me with a smile, and yes, Jaime, remembered you well!  She asked, "Are you a Christian too?" and from there we sprung into a wonderful conversation.  She lit up with joy to know I was a believer and in broken English told me that she prays every day for God to bring her believers. She said that every day He does!  I was her first that day and she was sad I didn't have more days there to fellowship with her (I was too). She said she has been a Christian for just 5 years and couldn't believe I had been a Christian for 40.  She said that lately she has really been learning so much because she is reading her Bible every day and is amazed that more and more comes to life for her.  I told her that it will always be that way - that the word of God will continue to teach you and show you new things and that this never stops.  She showed me her  Bibles. One was in English and she said it is hard, very hard to understand. I scanned through it and even recited the Old Testament books in song which cracked her up. It is from Genesis to Revelation.  I asked how she learns and how she is taught and she said, "Through emails!"  She then pointed to her computer screen and showed me how many people write to her. She gave me her email address and took mine as well.  She said "It is very hard because I am only christian in my family." I asked if they don't like it and she shook her head sadly "no".  But her husband, who is also not a Christian, is starting to go to the church with her (the one pictured below) and she says, "not a Christian - yet! I keep praying!!"  I asked, "Is it hard to get Bibles?"  and she said, "Oh no, the church has LOTS of Bibles to give!"  I bought things from her (how could I not!) and hurried to reach my rendevous with Pat.  Can I understand these stories from the past two days and meld them with the books I have read and what I know to be true from the Voice of the Martyrs?  No, but I know that when I hugged Judy good-bye (picture is below), I know that my soul bore witness of the spirit. Oh, and yes, I did ask her, too, how we could pray for her and she said, "That we be kept safe from bad things and harm."  I'll leave you to ponder these events as well and to pray, pray for our brothers and sisters in China. Some who are in peril, and some who may find themselves in peril some day as they grow closer to our Lord and shine His light.

(PAT) When Sharon returned from her massage we took Grace for her first swim.  The pool was beautiful, and Grace LOVED her time in the pool.  She leaned back, smiled a lot, and was nonplussed when her face got wet.  Swimming is a very important part of the Fitzpatrick culture, so we were pleased that she fit in swimmingly.

It is hard to believe that just two weeks ago Grace was waking up in a different crib (or box) to the smells and sounds of her foster home without any notion that her life would turn upside down.  A long bus ride with five other babies, a chorus of crying babies in the gotcha room, and then, as if by magic, she becomes a Fitzpatrick. 

Our five children are a true blessing to us, and we look forward to being reunited with our four older boys.  This adoption journey is as much theirs as it is ours, and it would have been wonderful to have them with us here.  But short of this, we, and they, look forward to Friday night - their own "gotcha" moment.  We also look forward to the rest of our life together with Grace.  While I am writing this, the movie "Twins" with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito is playing in the background.  Arnold's character, Julius, finds out when he is in his thirties that he has a twin brother, and he journeys to America to find him.  He finds him in a prison and breaks the news that they are brothers.  He also tells him that he loves him.  This struck me in a new way this time because, like Julius, we fell in love with Grace even before we were matched with her, and her brothers can't wait to express their love for her in person.

We are going to retire early tonight.  It's 9:30pm and Grace is down for the evening.  We wake at 5:00am to begin our journey home.  Pray for us - that God gives us stamina and that Grace does well.  In all, we will be traveling for 25.5 hours (including layovers).   But, as one of Sharon's childhood friends used to say, "we can handle anything that is temporary."  We hope that those sitting around us will adopt the same mantra.

This is our last blog while in China.  Thank you all for following along, for praying us through it, for crying and laughing and smiling right along with us.  We are thankful beyond words that you have joined in our joy, and we are thankful to God that he has given us Grace for the journey.  You have been true friends indeed!

God bless,

Pat (and Sharon)

We were told about a shop whose shopkeepers were giving tracts to the Americans so I thought I'd check it out.  I walked in the door and was immediately handed a fan "for all adopting parents!"  she said with a smile. I immediately noticed the Bibles in the case and smiled and gave a thumbs up. She came over and said, "Yes! We're Christians!" and then pointed to the two other shopkeepers and said they were Christians too.  "He be Christian for 20 year and raising son to be Christian. I have 5 month old boy who I raise to be Christian too."  I told her I was Christian and she gave me a book in Chinese that she said was the book of Psalms. 

As I looked around the  store I was amazed and aghast at the amount of Christian items. It was like walking into Family Christian Store only about 100 times smaller.  These stores are only about 10 x 20 feet.  There were all sorts of plaques with verses engraved on them in Chinese and English.  They cover things like I Cor 13, to "As for me and my house we will serve the Lord". I bought one that says "Christ is the Head of our Home." 

I asked, "So many verses.  How are you able to do this in China?" and she said, "Oh, no problem!  We able to believe whatever we like. We believe Jesus. We go to church."  I asked which church she went to and she said, "The church on corner. Very good church! They teach Jesus."  This is a state church.

I then saw a little magnet with a map of China and the words, "Pray for China" and I said,  "What would you like us to pray for you?" She laughed and said, "For me?"  as if the concept was totally foreign to her. Then she translated it to the man and he laughed and shook his head in bewilderment. So I tried,  "How would you like Americans to pray for Chinese Christians?" and again a bit of bewilderment and talking back and forth.  Finally he gave a response and the woman nodded her head in agreement and said, "For HEALTH!  Yes, good health!"  And then she added, "and for peace!  Good health and peace!"

I left them with a CD of John Piper after making sure that one of them understood English fairly well. 

Today was a rainy day in Gaungzhou, and at 2:45pm we traveled by bus to the US Consulate where they "interviewed" Grace and then had all of the adopting parents in the room take an oath committing us to caring for our new little US citizens.  We were not allowed to have cameras in the room, but if we had cameras you would have seen about one hundred families participating in this ceremony.  After the oath taking ceremony we all pretended to take pictures and there wasn't a dry eye in the room.   Grace has officially been ours since the adoption was complete last week, and nothing could change that, but now Grace is also an American.  Officially, she changes from being Chinese to being American when she sets foot in Newark, NJ.  At the moment she has a Chinese passport and a visa from the United States government allowing her entry into the states. 

We are thrilled with our new little American.  To celebrate, our adoption group went out to eat at a Chinese restaurant on the island where the White Swan Hotel is located.  One of the little girls reached out and grabbed piping hot rice congee - spilling it on herself and her father and igniting a small squabble between the parents, a waiter yelled at Sharon when she gave Grace a chopstick to hold on to, and not only were there not enough high chairs in the restaurant for our littel group, but none of the high chairs had any straps to hold the kids in.  The food was good and the conversation was great, and in the end, as tired as all of us were, we had a grand time.  Most of the group is leaving tomorrow morning and heading to Hong Kong to spend a night before flying out on Friday.  We opted to stay in Guangzhou until Friday morning.  Bright and early on Friday we will be flying from Guangzhou to Beijing and then on to Newark before heading to Raleigh.

Our time here has been great, but we are both missing our boys, and we can't wait to be with them.

Thank you all for your continued prayers!

Pat

Some of you are aware that I have had lots of struggles with my back over the past few years. I've been to therapy and need to keep up on my core strengthening exercises just to be able to stay mobile at times.  I didn't know what carrying a 20 pound little girl nor sleeping on hard beds with hard pillows would do to me. I did fear that I might have some days where Pat would have to do the carrying because I simply might be bent over from pain.  To my utter amazement and to God's glorious power, I have been totally free of ALL back pain these weeks! Even in the morning, when I roll out of bed there is no pain! This may simply be a miraculous gift from God of which I am SO grateful. But Pat and I are also going to have to re-think our bed at home.  It's a wonderfully delicious feeling bed (memory foam) but if all I really need is some good old-fashioned firmness in either or both my bed and pillow, we know what we need to do!  Any of you have any opinions about Select-Comfort that might give us the ability to have some flexibility between both of our firmness needs?

In any case -- the Chinese rarely have back troubles so I think there must be something to this hard bed thing. But -- I will say that putting 2 layers of egg cartons on top makes it work much better! And Mom, I may be looking into getting your hard feeling pillow!

And thanks to those of you who have shared tears with us along the way. Children are indeed a blessing from the Lord and we are glad that our journey has caused you in ways to reflect on your own and count your own blessings for God's mercies and goodness

Sharon. 

Sharon and I had a relaxing morning, but it started at 7am.  One of us was required to be by the phone from 9:30-11:00 in order to receive a phone call from our CCAI adoption representative in the event that there were problems with our visa request for Grace.  Sharon took this opportunity to do some more exploring of the shops on the island.  She’s done a great job buying cute outfits for Grace and some souvenirs for our boys.   I would go into detail here on the gifts, but they are surprises for the boys.

We got a call from our CCAI rep at around 10:30am letting us know that everything was great with our visa application.  We will be getting the visa tomorrow.  We will also be going through the oath ceremony tomorrow which marks the final official thing we need to do for Grace to become a US citizen.

At 11am today we went to the Pearl Markets with our adoption group.  The Pearl Market is within a massive five story mall surrounded by a number of other shops.  We have never seen such a site.  Five stories of jewelry – colored beads, pearls, jade, turquoise, etc.  We went to the fifth story pearl store because, according to our guide, the higher up you went in the mall the better the deals.  Sharon was able to get some pretty freshwater earrings and necklaces.  At some point during the whole pearl shopping experience I blurted out, “do you have anything here for men?”  I was just joking, of course, and the rest of the men joined in on the laugh.  One of the employees, however, immediately started handing each man a bottled water.  Like the pearls, it was fresh water!

Following our time in the pearl market we went to a store that sells CD’s and DVD’s.  We bought a number of new release movies for about $1.50 each.  We also found some nice children’s Chinese music and some Chinese folk music. We broke away from our adoption group and ate at a McDonalds.  After the quick meal we walked past a long line of outdoor shops where the owners tried to woo us with shrimp tempura on a stick, scorpion on a stick, squid on a stick, and chicken claws.  See the pictures of the assortment of foods.   Neither of us was in the mood to brave the assortment of foods. 

Instead we hailed a taxi and told him, “Bie Tien Uh.”  I was pleased that he actually understood that I was saying “White Swan.”  In about ten minutes we were at the hotel.  We paid the cab driver the 8 yuen (about $1.15) and went up to our room for some R&R.

Grace was happy today, and here's a new first --she actually showed her affection for us by leaning into us for some kisses.  She gives big, open mouth kisses, and it is a pleasure to see this side of her.  No belly laughs yet, but we know these will come too.

Later this afternoon we joined our adoption group for the traditional “Red Couch Photos” in the White Swan Hotel.  We had no problem getting our six little babies to sit on a red couch without their new parents.  Getting them to sit their without crying was another matter!

After an Italian dinner, Sharon and I are relaxing again in the hotel room.  We are anxious to get home – to introduce Grace to her brothers and to her new life – a life beyond hotel rooms, all-you-can-eat breakfast buffets, and Chinese television.   But we are also content even as Grace is content.  As I have written this blog (twice actually since the first time it froze on me and I lost it all) Grace has been content to play with an open box of diapers.  When we call her name she turns her head to us and smiles, wrinkling her nose to give us the most in her smile.

And speaking of diapers, Grace has finally produced well-formed bowel movements.  If Grace weren’t our fifth child we might look at this as another photo op, but, well, let’s just say, “been there, done that.”  We are thrilled that the medicine is working. 

The doctor said that if we give her too much it will cause constipation.  Hmmm…maybe this would be even more effective than the plastic pants for our long flights home.

It's really lovely here especially at night. It's like your favorite little vacation place where you can just walk around, eat, shop, and enjoy a balmy evening. We are all remarking at how fast the time has gone for us here in China. Most of our group is leaving on Thursday so that is just 2 more days together.  We've been seeing our little girls blossom and it's fun to watch the other girls' personalities emerge like Grace's has.  At dinner tonight at the German restuarant, one of the most listless little girls (at first) was giggling and laughing as her Daddy threw her up in the air (as Daddies tend to do!).  Up until this point we've only seen a faraway stare so that was wonderful to see.

As we walked through the quaint Banyan tree lined streets, Grace kept looking for me. When I would turn toward her she would smile really big and get very animated.  I just can't get over it, and it moves me to tears. In addition to this affect she also snuggles up to me. I have been longing for this for the whole long wait and didn't know when it would happen. For Grace, she just seems to want to be near me. She also likes to lean over toward Pat when I am holding her and tug him on the arm until she gets his attention and then smiles at him and bops her head onto him.  She really likes us, and I don't know when like turns to love, but I dare say we're starting to cross into that territory and will silently pass through that threshold without  much realization on our part. 

I was shopping again today and found some lovely things for my boys and even a beautiful Mah-Johng set and amazing little box with drawers for it.  It's weighing in at 6 pounds, so we almost passed it up, but with getting 200 pounds on the way home, we figure we will be able to distribute the weight enough to get it home without extra pay. 

Tomorrow we go to the Pearl Market and the Electronics Market and then end the afternoon with the famous Red Couch pictures. You'll see the photos tomorrow of Grace and the other little girls and yes, I went for frilly with a pretty white jacket and tulle skirt with little white shoes.  I don't know how well Grace will behave for the photo op, but if she doesn't like the group endeavor, I'll be sure to take her there with just me and Pat and get some better photos of her then. 

I'm posting a few more pics from today as we head off to bed.  I'm also updating the Itinerary page to make it more specific to what we've been doing.  Have a great day everyone, and we hope to see you soon!

Sharon

We started today off with a trip to the Medical Clinic where Grace passed all 3 stations with 3 different Doctors (ENT, Weight,Ht,Temp,  General Check).  She handled the poking and prying very well with just a few moments of fear and trepidation. But when she gets upset and we come over to comfort her, she seems at ease, and relaxes or smiles. 

Then it was free time.  We used the opportunity to go back to the store we were at yesterday to get that figurine. After all of your positive comments, we were encouraged to get it, and we ended up getting 2 with a nice bargain.  That way Grace can have one and so can her Mama!  They are lovely, and I am feeling so much better now that we have them! We have 2 professional potters in our group, and they both said that the quality was very very nice so that was a good confirmation as well. We also found out that the figurines are made in limited quantities, so I was glad we hustled over there and got the ones we wanted.  And Carla, I'll be sure to keep them out of her room until she can appreciate them! I remember having the same situation when I was young, and so I have actually removed a cute little China doll from her room until she can enjoy it and not think that it will come alive!

The answer to yesterday's quiz -- and we did have some winners -- was dried oysters! They're ugly little things, aren't they? They use these in soups.

The taxi ride to the store was an event in and of itself. We nearly had an accident as we had to stop quite suddenly just inches (or less) from another car.  Buses and cars just push right in front of one another and ignore traffic signals. Our guide went with us, and we asked "What does red mean on the signal?" and she said, "who knows!" with a grin! But unlike Nanchang there isn't a lot of noise from the traffic because there is a law against honking or they are fined 200 RMB which is about $30 US. Motor scooters are not allowed either so that cuts down on some of the chaos as well.

We got back to the hotel with our guide and we went to the clinic in the hotel.  Pat got checked and received a lot of med for his cough and cold. They also gave him antibiotics.  He said to me later, "I've never had to take so many pills for a cold before!"  We also got Grace some more diarrhea medicine so we'll let you know if that starts to work!. All in all, the visit and the meds for both of them cost about $57 US.

While at the clinic the Chinese women took a shine to Grace and had her smiling.  They said, "She's going to be an actress because she has so many expressions!"  -- said in Cantonese, of course, and translated for us by our guide. I was called out by the older woman as she pointed to her bare toes and wanted me to cover them.  We had just been out in the heat and so she was right!  I didn't have any socks so I pulled her little jacket up her legs like pants and that contented the lady. She seemed to love Grace.  In the process I learned how to say, "What a good little girl" in Cantonese and got the thumbs up from the Chinese women with lots of smiles and laughs that I was saying just right!

We've been saying a few expressions to Grace in Chinese like "I love you" , "Morning!", "It's OK" and now we'll add this one.  Grace  seems to like it . Oh yes, we also use the "Bah-bah" on the toilet and after she does her business she is all smiles of pride over her accomplishment. 

We may go to a big market today after our Visa Paperwork gets finished and then we hope to have dinner with some people from our group. That's pretty much it for the paperwork side of things and now we wait.

Have a great morning everyone!  "Zow!"