Babies, Baths, Beads, Bananas, and...THE HOKEY POKEY!!!

Hello All!

Well, we are having quite the time in Chaoyang City! Everyone is doing great with the exception of a few mosquito bites! We are truly having the time of our lives! The orphanage has been very welcoming to us and we have been able to make wonderful memories with all of the kidos!

Today, we made beaded jewelry with the the older kids and a had a whole lot of fun! It was amazing to see their nimble little fingers at work! While many of our fearless team members were beading with the older kids, Anna rallied a few of the troops to give the babies upstairs a bath! We had a lot of fun bonding with the little ones and the nannies seemed to appreciate us taking on the bathing chore! Hopefully, we will be able to get some bath pictures on the blog tomorrow. For lunch, we went to a "fancy" resturant not too far from the hotel complete with waitresses in Chinese Princess outfits! It was quite the scene. We were all eager to take pictures with the Hostess/Princess...hopefully, you will enjoy the team princess portrait! After lunch, we went back to the orphanage! Amy taught one of the girls how to say "I love you" and all of the team members names in English! The little girl was beeming with happiness and screaming with laughter! She has the most infectious laugh! For snack, we gave the kids bananas, fruit snacks, and candy...Luckily, the snack provided some of the kids and some of the team members enough energy to dance "The Hokey Pokey," "YMCA," and..."The Electric Slide!" (a crowd favorite). Jake and Ying were quite the dancers and seemed quite pleased to learn some new moves!

Our last day at the orphanage is Thursday and unfortunately, our cribs have still not been delivered. We are hopeful that they will arrive before we leave so that we may help the people at the orphanage set up the cribs and take pictures home for all of the people who donated money. We ask that you please pray that the cribs arrive before we leave! It is very important to all of us to help the orphange set of the cribs!

As you can imagine, we are all worn out, but anxious for tomorrow! We will continue you keep all of you updated!

Much love from China,
Team Chaoyang

A Day In Pictures

 

 

 

 

We had and amazing day with the kids. They greeted us with open arms when we arrived, and some of them truly seemed to remember us from last year. From bubbles to tie dye...the day was incredible. The smiles on the faces of the children confirmed to us why we endure such long days and sleepless nights to get here.

It's hard to put into words what we experienced. I guess I'll let the pictures tell the story.

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Here us a picture of Jake after being reunited with the team!!

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WE MADE IT TO CHAOYANG!

Greetings from China! We made it safe and sound at about 10pm tonight. I think it's Saturday here. Seems we've been up for days. We had a bit of stress in Beijing when the airlines couldn't find Jake's ticket. We had to leave him behind! It all worked out though and they got him on the next flight. We were reunited this afternoon.

We did our annual Walmart run and got some supplies for the orphanage. They were giving out rice and flour if you spent 128 RMB. I will post more tomorrow!

Love,
Elizabeth

WE'RE OFF!

Here's our itinerary to help you know where we are when. We covet your prayers and appreciate all your love and support!

Wednesday, July 2nd - Depart for LAX

Thursday, July 3rd - Depart for Beijing, China

Friday, July 4th - Arrive in Beijing. That is one LONG flight! :)
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

Saturday, July 5th - Back to Beijing Airport to fly to Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning province.
Visit our friends in Shenyang that our doing "His" work.
Off to Walmart for supplies for the orphanage.
Take a 4-5 hour bus ride to Chaoyang.
Arrive Chaoyang!

Sunday, July 6th-
Thursday, July 10th. SEE OUR KIDS!!

Friday, July 11th FLY (extra prayer here please) from Chaoyang to Beijing
Back to Walmart of supplies for Hope Foster Home and Philip Hayden Foster Home
Travel to Philip Hayden for a visit with the children
and staff.

Saturday, July 12th Bus ride to Hope Foster Home to visit with the
children there.

Sunday, July 13th Attend Beijing International Christian Fellowship!
Revelation 7:9 “After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could
count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne…”

Hutong tour in Beijing

Monday, July 14th. Fly back to the U.S.A.