November 3, 2007

We attended the culture class (or as Joe refers to it Culture Club) today. It was very interesting. We learned alot about China, the history, and geography. We learned how to say some phrases in chinese hello, please give me my baby. We hope to use that one some day. The whole day was so interesting and I truly felt so close to her all day. I think it's what we needed after the hard time we've been having lately. It definately lifted our spirits. Every time I go to our agency I get this sense of calm over me and peacefulness. Adoption is definately the path we're supposed to take.
The director of our agency arrived with the retired director of the CCAA who she has been hosting. She had just returned from a trip to China and thought he could share some insight into the slowdown. This man was very nice and I kind of felt bad for him because he was standing in a room full of families who are beginning to lose hope. He shared what he could about the wait and other things and tried to assure us that if you are willing to wait there is a baby waiting at the end. All answers were pretty vague. With no concrete answer for the slowdown, all the vague reasons don't really matter to us. What matters is that we want our baby NOW. One mom stood up and thanked him. She has already adopted a little girl from China (now going back for 2) and most likely this was the man who made it happen on the China side. That was an emotional moment for everyone!!
While there, we also met some email friends who share the same LID as us. It was nice to put a face to a name. In a perfect world these are the people we would travel with but with the increasing wait so many things could change so we just don't know. It was nice to meet them just the same.
On our way home we stopped for dinner and at the table next to us were parents with two little Asian girls. A perfect ending to a great day!!!
Oh and if you were wondering. Joe had the chicken salad and he said it was DELICIOUS. He thinks it had grapes inside. Weird yet tasty.