Sunday, October 31, 2010
GREETINGS FROM WUHAN, CHINA!!

We are here! We got up EARLY this morning...about 3:30am local time. We had a great flight with a great western breakfast from Air China. We met our guide, Kathy, at the airport with no problems. She is very nice and took us straight to the hotel...about an hour and 15 min drive. Our room is super nice! We love it! Plenty of room! The pictures of Wuhan are not fuzzy or foggy...that would be the SMOG. It's sort of like a dream sequence on a TV show. That hazy kind of look. I really don't know how the locals can breathe between the smog and the smoke. Everywhere you go, even if no one is smoking directly, there is always a hint of cigarette smoke. Reminds me of the old days in the States before the non-smoking laws. There are 10 million people just in the city of Wuhan! We've never seen so many people in one city! They are literally on top of each other and running all over each other.

This is the first time that we have had any "down time" since we left Alabama on Wednesday. We are enjoying our free afternoon. Just trying to regroup and get everything ready for tomorrow! While we were driving to the hotel, Kathy informed us that she was able to change our meeting date with Annalyn to 9:30am!!! We were so excited that we would not have to wait all morning to meet her! So, our new meeting time is 11-01-10 at 9:30am in China, which is 10-31-10 at 9:30pm (GA time) and 8:30pm (AL time). Please remember to say a special prayer for us tomorrow as we meet our new daughter! Kathy had a lot of positive things to say about her after she had called the orphanage last week. One thing that we found out is that her foster family has been teaching her school at home!!!! Hummmmm! We will find out tomorrow if this is really true. But I have to admit that my heart did a little flip when she said that. I feel very sad today for her foster family as they have to say good-bye to her tomorrow. I really hope that we can keep in touch with them. I hope you enjoy the pictures. I know that they are not very exciting, but it felt good to have one day with not so much excitement...LOL. Looking forward to tomorrow!