While you were sleeping!

This is a Magpie for our little Maggie! We miss you darlin'!
Finally a Starbuck's. I have a feeling it will be a long time before we get a good cup of coffee again and it has been a long time since we have had a good cup of coffee...notice that I got a Grande!!!
The floating restaurant at Fishermen's Village.
Patrick is our guide.....very funny. He calls himself an irish man. He has a 10 year old son named Jeremy. Seeing that I have a 10 year old son named Jeremy and my name is Patricia...I told him we must be twins!!
Our new friend Ben Huff. He is 18 and his parents wanted to go back to the hotel to do some laundry. We were "obeying" the Hernes and staying out of the hotel so we brought this sweet Senior in HS with us! He is from Mississippi and can't wait to meet his new little sister tomorrow...Mia Grace.

We have been busy since you've been sleeping. Thank you everyone for the wonderful messages. They are so encouraging. Mom, I am glad your foot is in a slipper! Sonja and Chris...you taught us well! We are enjoying our trip a lot thanks to your tips! Sanders...we are enjoying the time before we receive Rebekah but I do agree with you Jill and Blake...the itinerary is going a bit slowly! Dad, it has been fun dreaming about where you have been. I am sure this place has changed quite a bit. We'll have to exchange notes! Well, here is the scoop for the day.

We woke up this morning at 3:30am. Our bodies still think we are in America. Actually Jeff is the one who woke us up. He got up so he could hop on the computer and outline everything that our guide told us about this place. What an engineer. He truly loves this place. I got up at 5:00am. YUCK!!! ..Anyway, we were down eating breakfast, eggrolls and noodles, at 7:00 and starting to meet some of the other families. There are 60 of us total! 30 of us are going to Nanchang. We divided into groups and got on the bus for Victoria Point. BEAUTIFUL!!! This is where we found the Starbucks!!!! the coffee in Beijing was terrible and so was the coffee this morning...I loved this little peice of home in this far away land! After seeing the sights we hopped back on the bus to go to Fisherman's Village. WOW! These people NEVER go on dry land. They are born, live, work, marry, have babies, and die on these boats. We got a tour of the village. This is where we saw the Magpie. Then off to a jewelry factory. Lovely things but a bit pricey! Then we went to another shopping area where they have many discounted things. After that we went for lunch. YUM! We had dim sum and more traditional foods. Very fun. We sat with 4 other families. This is where we came to know Ben Huff. What a sweet boy! His parents asked him where he wanted to go for his senior trip and he said all he wanted to do was to get his baby sister. We then enjoyed the rest of the afternoon walking the streets of HK. Phew! Another whirlwind of a day but so excited we have had the chance to see all of this in such a short time. Tomorrow we fly to Nanchang AND get Rebekah! We don't know the time yet so I probably won't be able to post until very late! We can't wait and we are very nervous at the same time! Please pray for our littlest one that she will have an easy transition into this family. If she could only understand what is happening and understand how many people are waiting to love her....We are truly thank ful for you all!!!!!

Loads of Love
Tricia