Sunday

Today we visited the Chen Family Temple. I saw it back in 2000 when I adopted Jessica, but not in the same detail. After that we visited a government store (one where they don't bargain and where our guide said we could be assured of the quality of the items). Then we went out for a group lunch to sample cantonese cuisine. Nothing wierd although the carmeled apples where new. Then we went back to the hotel for a free afternoon. Anna, Amanda, and I walked around and checked out the stores. Jennifer's has moved and is not nearly as nice a store as it was before. The granite etchings and people painting pictures from the inside of the snuff bottles were there, but you had to look for them. Very different now that there aren't nearly as many adoptions occurring. One shopkeeper asked me why because there were still children needing homes. I told her I wish I knew. They seem to be aware of the timeline being so long and the large number of special needs children now being adopted.

It was Jessica's family day (adoption day). We were planning to go out to eat, but it was raining really hard. Our guide said KFC, McDonalds and Papa Johns all deliver, so she'd call and order what we wanted. We tried KFC, but they didn't deliver french fries, so we went with McDonalds. Veronica also bought us a cake for our family day.


Amanda had another hour and a half cry. Veronica suggested letting her try to work it out. It's hard to know how much to press it. We still have good times and bad. It helps knowing other families are also dealing with tantrums and other issues regardless of the age of their new child.