Sunday, July 17th

Today we attended a worship service at the Shamian Christ Church.  The service was in both Chinese and English.  It was such a blessing to see believers gathered to worship the Lord.   The gospel was presented, theology was sound and the worship was authentic.  And the place was packed with standing room only, mostly Chinese believers.  It was a wonderful way to introduce the girls to their first church service. Of course they did sleep through most of it.
The afternoon was spent shopping and completing paperwork for the US consulate. Our appointment is tomorrow morning and will be about three hours long but after that we can breathe a sigh of relief and just enjoy oursleves.

After dinnner tonight we went to the play room with the girls. We had a great time meeting other adoptive parents and wathcing the girls explore and interact with other babies. Abigail stood up on her own for the first time. Olivia still in content just to sit in one spot and play. She is not yet crawling or walking.

We ended the day as we always do with a bottle and bonding time on the bed.  It seems that the girls love bedtime, not necceisarily the going to bed part but the part we Mommy and Daddy kiss their hands; rub their backs and and just roll around and have some quiet fun. 

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Matt and Talley Mac said…
I'm in tears. My heart is bursting with joy for you!!! Oh my friend, long deserved, long awaited joy of these two precious miracles! Thank you Jesus for them!!! What blessed little girls you have, and I ADORE their names! Oh Danielle, I can't even begin to tell you the swell of joy in my heart for you and Dave!! I know the long awaited journey. I KNOW!! A miraculous overwhelming feeling, isn't it???

I love you, can not wait to meet your little ones, can not wait to hold you in my arms and hug you MOMMY!!!!

In Him,
Talley!
July 17, 2011 at 7:10 AM
shazia said…
beautiful bonding you all are doing. best of prayers and luck to you. please post more pics of your beautiful family
July 17, 2011 at 12:38 PM
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