Daddy's Day!

Everyone wants to know why Bobby isn't in any of the pictures. So far, Lainie has not been very fond of being held by him, so we haven't had very many good photo opportunities. Today was different. We took a walk around the block and she let him carry her as long as I was in sight so I was snapping away.......

Please continue to pray for Lilly. She will go back to the hospital for the next four days to have IV antibiotics. This takes about 4 hours. Jan has talked to her pediatrician in the US and they think that the treatment she is receiving is correct. The concern is that when we get to the American Consulate if she is running a high fever they will not issue her visa until she is better. Lainie doesn't seem to be running as much fever today. Maybe just a low grade. This is common among babies from orphanages when they are adopted. I think it is just a combination of the adjustment in their environmental temperature change. Who knows. She is also teething, so maybe that is it. Just like any other baby, we are trying to figure it out by process of elimination.

Last night Peter came by and translated our documents from Half The Sky. This is an organization provided by the US for orphanages in China. They provide extra nannies for the orphanages and give them extra training about child development. Lainie was lucky enough to be in one of the orphanages that they serve. We were given a month by month report on her health and development. There is also a picture from each month. For months I have prayed that God would touch the heart of one nannie who would have a special love for Lainie. As Peter read the words written by this nannie last night, I knew that God had answered my prayer. There is even a picture of this nanny holding Lainie on her birthday with a small cake and one candle. Her words were, "Today we celebrated Xiang Yi's birthday. I had a small cake and one candle for her. We sang Happy Birthday. It was happy day." Thank you Lord for answering my prayer and providing Lainie with someone who had a special place in their heart for her.

3rd and 4th graders - I took some pictures of the school children today. I wasn't able to get very close because they have a very large gate around their school and it has an alarm that goes off if you get to close. We are going to eat lunch now, but I will try to post those pictures later this afternoon while Lainie is napping. Thanks again to all of my sweet students who have posted comments. I love reading them. It won't be long before we are home and you can see her in person.

Jennifer