God's Great Little Gift
The famous "Red Couch." These were all of Mia's friends on the trip...
Mommy's little doll.
Daddy's little girl!!!
Mia is an AMERICA CITIZEN. We went to the American Consulate here in Guangzhou with about 50 other families to naturalize our kids. What an amazing thing.
Before I came here I was told that there was a shortage of women here in China. I cannot say that anymore. That might be the case for those in the country but I believe the ratio of women to men here in the cities is probably 3 to 1. Now with that in mind, I realize what an important thing is it that we did. As we walk down the streets we realize what kind of life a person that has no social status can expect. You are limited to being a servant or a street hustler. We had children no older than 10 come up to us to try to sell us things on the street. I was hoping that it was only a few of them doing this but I was wrong. Every street you go, every place you visit, every corner that you turn, there are people trying to sell you something in the street. It's not like when you visit Mexico or any of the islands. It's way more extensive. The average salary for someone here is about $200 a month. And that's if you work at an established place.
Today we went to shopping center (go figure). Imagine Coco Walk during a Saturday night. Okay, make it about 5 blocks wide and 3 blocks deep. Multiply the nuber of people by 5, and that's how many people are there on a Wednesday night!!! Can you imagine a Saturday night??? Everything you can imagine is sold there. To give you a better perspective of this, there are 3 McDonalds in this tight area. They were all packed. For my fellow Primericans... THAT IS DISTRIBUTION!!! Okay enough about that...
Mia is great. We have figured her out pretty well (...well...good... whatever... this is Wayne remember?). We aren't too excited about the flight home but I am ready to go. She is still eating big time and now it's all caught up with her (if you know what I mean). She is so happy. When we first got her, she smiled once the whole day. Twice the next day. Now, she is laughing every minute. She is amazing. The gift that we have been given was perfect. We saw all the babies in the consulate (about 50) and we thought that any of these kids could have been our child, but God pick the perfect one for Noemi and me. Isn't God great???
Before I came here I was told that there was a shortage of women here in China. I cannot say that anymore. That might be the case for those in the country but I believe the ratio of women to men here in the cities is probably 3 to 1. Now with that in mind, I realize what an important thing is it that we did. As we walk down the streets we realize what kind of life a person that has no social status can expect. You are limited to being a servant or a street hustler. We had children no older than 10 come up to us to try to sell us things on the street. I was hoping that it was only a few of them doing this but I was wrong. Every street you go, every place you visit, every corner that you turn, there are people trying to sell you something in the street. It's not like when you visit Mexico or any of the islands. It's way more extensive. The average salary for someone here is about $200 a month. And that's if you work at an established place.
Today we went to shopping center (go figure). Imagine Coco Walk during a Saturday night. Okay, make it about 5 blocks wide and 3 blocks deep. Multiply the nuber of people by 5, and that's how many people are there on a Wednesday night!!! Can you imagine a Saturday night??? Everything you can imagine is sold there. To give you a better perspective of this, there are 3 McDonalds in this tight area. They were all packed. For my fellow Primericans... THAT IS DISTRIBUTION!!! Okay enough about that...
Mia is great. We have figured her out pretty well (...well...good... whatever... this is Wayne remember?). We aren't too excited about the flight home but I am ready to go. She is still eating big time and now it's all caught up with her (if you know what I mean). She is so happy. When we first got her, she smiled once the whole day. Twice the next day. Now, she is laughing every minute. She is amazing. The gift that we have been given was perfect. We saw all the babies in the consulate (about 50) and we thought that any of these kids could have been our child, but God pick the perfect one for Noemi and me. Isn't God great???
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