We spent the last three days touring different parts of Nanchang city and Jiangxi Province while we waited on paperwork to be completed. We enjoyed a trip to the Chinese countryside where we toured a more traditional Chinese village, visited Nanchang’s Traditional and Historic Pagoda, went shopping for famous Nanchang porcelain (China) and visited a Buddhist Temple (which made us think of Acts 17:24-31).
RaeAn is really taking to us and of course we are totally in love with this bundle of sweetness! Lots more smiles these days with less periods of shock. She’s loving all of us, especially her big brothers! Mornings and afternoons have been so much fun. Night times are hard, putting her to sleep. But that’s always difficult with babies, they don’t like to go to sleep!
Yesterday were were given notarized copies of her Chinese Birth Certificate, Abandonment Certificate, and Adoption Certificate. Today we received her Chinese Passport and letter certifying that her Adoption complied with all of the Hague Standards and Rules (meaning that her adoption is legal according to international standards).
In just a few hours we’ll board another plane and fly south about an hour and a half to the city of Guangzhou. Tomorrow she’ll have her medical exam in preparation for our U.S. Consulate appointment on Tuesday. This week was China paperwork processing. Next week is US paperwork processing. Oh, the fun continues!
According to China, her adoption is final! She’s our baby girl forever and ever!
We are so thankful for your prayers for our family. We are “bonding” well and enjoying wonderful experiences together!
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- Loving my brothers!
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- Nanchang historic Pagoda.
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- View from Nanchang Pagoda.
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- Traditional Pagoda with new city in the background.
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- Nanchang city in Jiangxi Province, China
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- Traditional Pagoda with new city in the background.
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- Nanchang riverfront view.
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- One of the most famous poems in China.
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- Our guide Meggy.
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- Nanchang Historic Pagoda
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- Sweetness!
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- Enjoying being together.
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- Enjoying being together.
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- Chinese vegetable market.
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- Matthew asks, “Are we going to eat these eels?”
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- This tree is over 1000 years old!
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- Happy family!
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- Happy baby!
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- Happy baby!
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- Happy daddy!
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- Touring an older, traditional Chinese village outside of Nanchang
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- The boys gave suckers to these Kindergarten children in the Chinese village.
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- Touring an older, traditional Chinese village outside of Nanchang
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- Touring an older, traditional Chinese village outside of Nanchang
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- Rice fields outside of Nanchang city in Jiangxi Province
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- Rice fields outside of Nanchang city in Jiangxi Province
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- Loving my big brothers!
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- Loving my big brothers!
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- Loving my big brothers!
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- Happy Daddy!
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- Tiger girl:)
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- Lots of smiles these days!
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- Sweetness!
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- Buddhist Temple – Thinking about Acts 24:24-31
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- Buddhist Temple – Thinking about Acts 24:24-31
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- Loving my big brothers!
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- Jin Feng Hotel in Nanchang where we stayed our first week with RaeAn
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- Our Nanchang driver this week.
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- Yummy Rice Cereal!
What a beautiful little princess! I have enjoyed following your journey and am SO happy for your family!
Great pictures and posts – you are doing such a good job of it, Murphy. We are praying for smooth flights and a good start to the last of the U.S. paperwork.
Our hearts rejoice with you! Raean is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!!
Wonderful pictures. My heart rejoices with you. RaeAn is precious. When will you be back in the States? We would love to see y’all. Praying that the rest of the paperwork will go smoothly and God grant you traveling mercies.
Murphy and Christine:
RaeAn is beautiful. What is her age? Is she walking yet?
I have enjoyed your updates and especially the photos. It appears that everything is going as it should be.
I look forward to meeting RaeAn when you come on furlough in the future to Fort Worth and the Hills Church of Christ.
Blessings on your continued success in your ministry in Rwanda.
Ben in Fort Worth
Thanks for the pictures and narrative. How wonderful to see RaeAn smiling! She finally looks happy. What wonderful sights you are all experiencing. The boys will never forget this. I am soooo anxious to see you all. Call us asap. Keep the pictures coming. I am really enjoying them. We love you all and thank you God for answering our many prayers!
Amazing! What an incredible adventure of blessings! Love these pictures! Just curious, do the know the “yovo” song in that traditional Chinese village?
I am so happy for your family. Many years and prayers but God is so faithful. I look forward to seeing you and meeting your new addition when you come to the Hills. She looks so precious and certainly well loved. I will be praying everything continues to go will with future paper work. Love you all.
Janie
Loving all these pictures and all the smiles!! I am so glad your family is all together ! Can’t wait to see you !! I am praying that all the paperwork on the US side goes smoothly!! Love yall!