Our Very First Real China Post!

07/01/08 22:34 Filed in: Travel & Prep

OK -- so, "soon" was more like, "much, much later"... Sorry!

We all got hit with the "jet-lag + run-run-run + pay+pay+pay" thing really hard. Really hard. Here's the short version: we got Hope on Saturday, after arguing with the orphanage extortio-- er, director, for about an hour over how much we were going to "donate" to the orphanage (this is an actual fee, required for the adoption -- never understood how it became a "donation"), and running around digging up the proper amount of Chinese Yuan (RMB) to pay the man. Nonetheless: WE HAVE HER!!!!

Suzanne is such a much better writer than I am, so I'll let her tell the whole story as soon as she decides to type it here, rather than write it in her journal... heh. Meanwhile, enjoy the Gallery that we've put up. There're over 200 pics to share so far, and more to come. Not all 200 will be immediately available, primarily because I'm pooped. Enjoy what you get...

With love!
Charlie

Tags: china, travel, hope, updates

We're HERE!

05/01/08 04:24 Filed in: Travel & Prep

Wow -- we're really in China... amazing! Suzanne will be posting entries & pics soon.

Xijian!
Charlie

Tags: china, travel, hope, updates

It's Finally Here!!

04/11/07 23:46 Filed in: Travel & Prep

174 days of waiting for THE call. and this time when the phone rang, a small, sweet voice told me she was from A Helping Hand and she had good news for me. i like good news! then she told me that our loa came in. that is the acronym for letter of approval. and she would fedex it to us so that it would arrive "tomorrow". it was the greatest day, friday. "our" fedex girl delivered the long-awaited envelope.