Guangzhou - Yeah!!

We made it to Guangzhou on Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. We got to the hotel by 3:15 or so. We had about a 6 hour flight. We were quite tired when we got here. I had a terrible headache that was the migraine type that makes you feel extremely nauseated. As soon as we got to the hotel and checked in I had to take medicine and lay down for a while. While I rested, Lawrence and the kids checked out the area. We ordered Papa John's pizza for dinner and went to bed around 10:00 p.m.

Joshua slept until 8:00 am.! WE could not believe it! He had only gotten about a 45 minute nap that day. We had to leave this morning and go to the medical exam at 9:00 a.m. Then at 10:30, we filled out all the paperwork for the American Consulate. WE went to eat lunch at a restaurant called Lucy's. It was pretty close to American food! They did french fries really well. Joshua ate an entire basket and he loved the ketchup with them. He is a big eater. After lunch Olivia and I went shopping. We bought Joshua two traditional Chinese outfits. One was black with red and the other was red with black. One was short sleeve and one was long sleeve. We tried them on him and he did not want to take them off!! We will take photos tomorrow and post them. He looks so cute in them! They are only about $10!! We also bought some souveniors for friends and family. We had noodles in the room for dinner! We can eat those for about $3.00 for the whole family!! We may never have noodles again after we leave China!!

This hotel is called the Victory Hotel. It is very nice. We have two double beds and two kids on the floor with air matresses. We now make Joshua sleep on the floor because he is constantly falling off the bed all night! He is a violent sleeper! One night he fell off the bed at least 10 times! The beds at this hotel are soft! It was so pleasant to be able to sleep in a comfortable bed. Most families stay at the White Swan, but everyone in our group (4 families) did not want to spend that much money on Hotel!

Tomorrow morning we will go to church with a friend of Durell's. After church Zack's mom and dad will meet us at the hotel and maybe eat lunch with us. They are taking an all night train trip to be able to come and see us while we are here. Zack's mother's sister lives here in Guangzhou. We are happy to be able to see them again. I can't believe they will go to so much trouble to see us while we are here, but we look forward to spending some time with them. Hopefully we will have lunch with them and with Durell's friend.

I will try to post some photos tomorrow We did not take that many today! I hope you all are doing well! We look forward to coming home!! THanks fo all of your comments on our blog! Most of all thank you for your prayers and support. We look forward to coming home to Bowling Green and worshipping with our spiritual family. Praise be to God for His people everywhere who shine their lights where they are and do what they can to be an example for others!

Love, Janice