Our Chinese Visas are ready...

We picked up our visas this morning after 4 days of processing at the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. Wow! We are now allowed to enter in Maelyne's home country. I have butterflies in my stomach. But we are thrilled since we are close to meeting her in person and the best thing is she'll be ours forever.
We are expecting Travel Approval from the CCAA this week. Once the TA arrives, CHI can then make appointments for us at the US Embassy in Guangzhou and then we are able to book for our flight to get us to Beijing, China where we are meeting the rest of the CHI group. So, stay tune for our itinerary...

What a pleasant surprise!!!

Okay, Tuesday is the evening I help out at the church (water plants, organize the flowers at the Confessional, change the altar displays, etc...), This night is also the night the church choir practices, so we always have music while we (Kathleen and Veronica) do our thing.
Ana, the music coordinator announced someone is having a birthday. To my surprise, she said Maelyne, and my reaction was, what? The pianoman started playing the piano and the choir started singing Happy Birthday to Maelyne. Her 1st birthday was February 10, 2009. She was also showered with presents. What a nice surprise! I was speechless and very humbled for their thoughtfulness and kindness. We are so blessed and very grateful to have these loving people around us. Thank you very much!