Last night (Sunday) we were out walking and came by a beautiful little church. We heard a familiar hymn being sung in Chinese. It was such a wonderful reminder that the same God we worship in Springfield is God of China as well. It brought tears to our eyes.
It's Monday and we have now had Kristi for a week. What a week of transitions! Today started out a little on the edge - Kristi was trying to open our room door this morning and it closed on her fingers. She was mad at the world after that one! Then it was back to the medical facility to get the results of her TB skin test. It was positive, which meant she needed a lung xray. The facilty was crazy again - apparently Monday is the day for any adotions for the Chinese within a 5 province area. But Connie got us right in. Kristi's x-ray came back clean - amen! Otherwise Connie said we would be there for an extended period of time while they worked out a treatment program with the US. Connie confided afterward that she was a little nervous because of the strong positive reaction. But the Lord provided!
We then went to a deli for lunch. They had the most wonderful ham and cheese rolls (although Kristi was not pleased with our choice - she wanted the cakes)! After lunch we went into the White Swan, a 5 star hotel that is quite well known. It was beautiful inside - a waterfall and pool with fish. After that it was back to the park to play. Kristi is very social and always seems to find someone to play with. It is obvious that she must have interacted a lot with other children. We returned to the hotel for a down period (we are learning that she needs some down time in late afternoon - she gets set off very easily then as she is tired). So we let her watch some cartoons. She becomes very angry if she thinks Paul is going to take some of her snack or have a drink of her juice - that is one thing he has learned he can not tease her about. If she can always have a container of juice or a snack by her - she is much more content. She will nurse her snacks along forever, so it is not that she is hungry - she justs want the comfort of knowing it is there. Today she was frustrated with Kim and went off on a long string of Chinese when her fingernails were not cut the way she wanted them cut! I wonder what she was saying??
For supper we went to restaurant that came highly recommeded in the adoption blogs - The Cow and Bridge. It was excellent! Apparently it is a Thai restaurant but it tasted Chinese to us! Then we walked around the boulevard for a while. We stopped by Jenny's Place to pick up our laudry. Jenny's is run by a christian couple. They were happy to talk to us for a while. Then it was back to the hotel for a bath. Kristi is now starting to procrastinate during the bedtime routine. Tonight she broke a glass as she was trying to spit for about the 10th time after brushing her teeth. Then once in bed she wanted me to go through the kissing routine (one on each cheek, one on the forhead and one on the nose) over and over. Then the last ditch request for water. Once we turn all the lights out and I gently touch her forhead, she goes to sleep in a matter of minutes.
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