Day 11...Church and Market

Today we had a “free day.”  We started the day with breakfast at the buffet.  It is always a great way to start the day with good food and our adoption family.  It is so wonderful to see familiar faces after being a solo family in our province last week.  After breakfast, we Skyped Nathan and Claire.  It had been a few days since we saw them.  Micah was excited to see them, too.

We had the privilege of attending the Christian church on Shamian Island.  There were several other families from our travel group that attended as well.  It is a great blessing to see the body of Christ come together and worship.  The service was in Mandarin and English.  It was about 40% English.  Although it was difficult to hear and understand, we were appreciative for the opportunity to worship our Savior, Jesus in a country that is full of false idols, false religion and false hope.  We are prayerful that we can share Jesus’ love and gospel with the people we meet here.

 

The island was very cute with many trees and little parks.  We will definitely return sometime this week to explore more.  We had lunch at Lucy’s, a restaurant that serves Western food.  It was pretty good food.  We enjoyed our indoor, air conditioned table during the down pour.  Have we mentioned the weather?  It is HOT and HUMID!!!  I mean, you can hardly breathe when you step outside.  You begin sweating within seconds.  We look forward to air conditioned stores and restaurants. 

This afternoon, Deanna headed to the Jade and Pearl Wholesale Markets.  It was very overwhelming.  There were so many vendors.  Most were selling similar items.  It is hard to believe that they can make a living with so much competition.  Deanna bought a jade pendant. 

Tonight we ate dinner at one of the hotel restaurants, Food Street.  We were joined by another family, Denise, Wade and their son, Asher.  They are a sweet family that we met during our time in Beijing.  We had a good Chinese food dinner with great conversation.  It was nice to eat with another family.  We love each other, but we appreciate talking with other adults. 

Thank you for following our adoption journey.  We appreciate your interest and prayers. 

Prayer requests:

We receive Micah’s medical test results tomorrow.  Please pray that no further testing will be required.

Please pray that Deanna’s ear aches and sore throat will improve. 

 

 Pray for God’s wisdom in parenting and disciplining Micah.  We are building trust and bonding with him, but we need to balance that with making boundaries.  He is testing us daily and we want him to trust us, but also understand that we are his authority figures.