Sunday, April 10, 2011

Last day in Beijing



Today the sun was out, blue sky and windy. The wind blew a lot of the smog away. We went to the Forbidden City, Tiannemin Square and on a tour in the Hutong district where we rode on rickshaws. It was really neat. My favorite thing we have done. We actually got to go into a residents house and he talked to us and we got to ask him questions through a translator. His oldest son is a Kung Fu instructor in Houston.
The Forbidden City is HUGE. We walked and walked. It was pretty crowded. Many of the structures had hand paintings on them and many pieces were covered in gold. It was build in 1420. All the buildings put together there were 9,999 rooms, because 9 was considered the perfect number.
It is also amazing when we are on the bus and just looking at so many interesting things. Tall buildings EVERYWHERE, many of them apartment buildings. The driving here is kind of crazy, its every person for themselves whether you are driving, riding a bike or walking.
This evening we had Peking duck with another couple from our group. No one in the restaurant spoke English, but we figured it out and everything we got was good.
Going to bed early tonight and hopefully get some sleep as we may not get much the rest of the trip. We have to leave the hotel at 5:30 am to catch our flight to Wuhan. There is another Bethany family that got there today. We havn't met them yet as this is their 2nd adoption and they took the Shanghai instead of the Beijing one. We will get Caleb in the afternoon. I'm nervous, excited, scared...and I don't know what else! It still seems so surreal and just unbelieveable. Who am I and what am I doing here? Please pray for us tomorrow! I know God is faithful and He will continue to be with us on this journey. Doesn't mean it will be easy, we are just trying to obey Him...

2 comments:

  1. oh how wonderful! I loved being able to chat with you for a couple minutes on gmail last night before I went to bed, and now this morning (our time) you are probably holding Caleb already!

    God is so good!!

    Also, your pictures are great! We clicked on each one and they showed up nice and large on our screen, you two tourists with such big grins on your faces--so cute!! Pretty soon you will be a group of three over there! Praying for you!

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  2. Praying for you all and can't wait to hear more about Caleb...you have him by now....I am praying!

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