Thursday Blog from Hong Kong

Today we took a shuttle from our hotel into a shopping mall where we would find some restaurants for affordable dining. We had breakfast a McDonald's and lunch at Pizza Hut. How is that for fine dining? Actually it all tasted pretty good. The lasagna at Pizza Hut was mashed potatoes rather than noodles in between meat/sauce layers. A bit different but after our last two plus weeks of dining in China, we are up for just about anything. We had such a great night’s sleep at our Marriott Airport Hotel. I believe that this was the first night that Art and I slept the whole night through. The beds were soft and the fan works in the room for some white noise. It is very, very clean as well.Our trip on a gondola into the mountains surrounding Hong Kong was amazing. Even more amazing was to see a village and the world's largest bronze Buddha overlooking the city. The pictures can't begin to give you the vast dimensions of this monstrous structure that people come from all over to see and worship. We however enjoyed the hike through the village and the awesome views albeit a bit limited by the haze/smog. Did I mention that our gondola has a glass bottom? It was breathtaking to ride up and down the mountain viewing top to bottom through glass.After our half hour ride back down the mountain we ended up having some ice cream treats that made everyone happy. Art and I enjoyed some hot coffee and desserts as well. Our excuse is to stay energized to keep up with the boys.
It is getting on towards evening here. We pack up and leave after breakfast tomorrow and tough out the fourteen hour flight arriving into Chicago Friday afternoon.
We value your prayers for us as we close the door on our China adoption trip and head back into the mainstream of family life. Prayers for safety and Benjamin's introduction into family life.
Blessings to you from Hong Kong,
Wendy, for Art, Christian & Benjamin

Train Ride from Guangzhou to Hong Kong

Last night we said our goodbyes to the friends we had made while in Guangzhou. Christian shop owners, other adoptive families, foster family, and Steve Shattuck (from Grand Rapids) traveling on business. Each one has played a special part in the precious memories made while waiting for Benjamin's paperwork to be completed. Today after packing up, we along with the Meyer family and their newly adopted son, Eli, left for the train station located in the heart of Guangzhou. Our interpreter went to retrieve our son's passports while we waited for the four o'clock train that would bring us to Hong Kong. Four adults and three kids lugging six large suitcases, six backpacks, one stroller and some art work. We were a motley looking group standing out with our fair hair and skin, lugging our baggage with three Asian kids in tow through customs, into elevators and finding our way out through the train station into the major metropolis of Hong Kong. We didn't exactly know how we would get to our hotel as we'd need more than one taxi for our family alone. Up walks a man who offers to take us to our hotel 35 minutes away for 450 Hong Kong dollars($60 U.S.) Art does the math and realizes that two taxi's would cost even more money so we said our good byes to our traveling companions whose hotel reservations were different from ours. We loaded up our excessive amount of luggage into the trunk of his 1948 Mercede's limo and off we went to the Marriott Skycity Airport Hotel. Viewing the city lights and spectacular mountains surrounding Hong Kong held our rapt attention for the precarious ride. I later asked Art how he knew it would be safe to hop into someone's car without having made a prior arrangement. He said, "That's easy, I asked God to provide something."
We just fed and bathed the boys tucking them in for the night. Once again, we have a bathroom big enough for two chairs which allows us a place to talk after the lights go out for the boys. Together we run through the events of our day. We realized how each detail had worked out in order to get us where we needed to be. We thanked God for allowing us the opportunity to see Him make Himself known even down to the details of our ride to the hotel. We marveled together over His goodness as we processed the past two weeks. We asked ourselves what would it take to continue to live more daily by faith once we leave this place rather than living life with such determined self sufficiency as we tend to do when life is daily or predictable. As we continue to process, we hope to never forget the miracles of His hand at work here in China.

Guangzhou shopping day

Today is our first completely free day to play. We chose to meet up with another couple using Heartsent Adoption. They too adopted a four year old named Eli. He came out of Seping Center foster home in Guilin, China.
We had one 5 minuted out by subway to an ancient art and history museum. There were some lovely gardens around it which we really enjoyed. The sun was shining and some winds had brought in cooler temperatures. Perfect for site seeing.
We saw Christian's foster family last on Sunday night. We will meet up again on Tuesday afternoon to say good bye. We found a playroom on the third floor of the Victory Hotel. The kids love it. There is also a ping pong table there. Art, Feng and Li Ying ( Christian's foster family) played ping pong with Christian for the longest time. It was a great memory for sure. We ordered Papa John's Pizza (yes, they have a Papa John's franchise here in Guangzhou too) which they delivered. We all enjoyed the pizza, a nice switch from our usual fare. Feng and Li Ying treated us to a very impressive Chinese style banquet the night before. Every meat served still had the head attached. The delicacies were three doves, 1 whole chicken and fish. I will send some pics.

Our short weekend ute stop at the medical center today to see how Benjamin's TB shot looked. The area was a bit pink but didn't seem to concern the nurse. That was an answer to prayer. From there we ventwith Peace blew by. She is such a dear and kind friend whom we met when she attended Calvin College many years ago. We had the honor of being her host family while in the states. She teaches English at Wuhan University. She had a fourteen hour train ride ahead of her once she left this morning to head back. It was a tearful good bye.
We go to the Consulate tomorrow (Tuesday) to swear an oath of citizenship on behalf of Benjamin. What an amazing gift to us and our son. On Wed. afternoon we pick up the visa/passport that allows Benjamin into the U.S. Then from there we take a two hour train ride into Hong Kong. From Hong Kong we will catch our flights back to the U.S. and arrive into Grand Rapids on Friday afternoon.
Benjamin is increasingly becoming more content with life in our family. He knows that we will provide for him and like any four year old, tries to push the limits at times. His heart is tender and receptive. We feel so grateful and blessed to experience this time with him and look forward to introducing him to all our dear friends and family.
Once again, thank you to all who have been following us and keeping us covered in prayer. We feel so honored to have been allowed this time to travel here in China to meet our son. God is so good.
Wendy for Art, Christian and Benjamin

Saturday: Medicals and paperwork for the consulate appointment

Friday we flew into Guangzhou, China. It is the tropical section of country where the consulate resides. It is so nice to be able to walk around and see plants, flowers and green trees. The boys enjoyed swimming so much at our hotel in Tianjin that they hurried to see the pool here at the White Swan Hotel. The pool happens to be outdoors and is closed for the season. We are so grateful to be at this point in our adoption journey.
We are getting closer to wrapping up all the requirements necessary to leave this amazing country with Benjamin. Shortly after eating an amazing breakfast at the White Swan breakfast buffet, we gathered up paperwork and walked to the medical clinic where Benjamin received his medical exam to prove that he meets the criteria as special needs according to his paperwork. Also, he received a TB test which he needs to pass in order to wrap up here. Things were a bit chaotic at the clinic but everything went as it should.
I neglected to mention that during breakfast, Feng (Christian's foster father) and Peace, my long time Chinese friend who studied in the USA walked in and sat with us. It was the most joyous reunion as Feng hadn't seen Nao Nao since he was 3 years old. Christian now age 7, referred to as Nao Nao by Feng, lived in their home for two years. He came to Feng and Li Ying as a malnourished 1 year old. They loved on him and nourished him until the day we adopted him in October, 2006. There were many tears when Nao Nao left their household. They didn't eat for three days until we agreed to meet with them, then they began to come to terms with relinquishing him to us. They are the reason our son is alive today. We are so grateful to them for their excellent care of Christian. They loved him as a son. We promised to bring him back for them to see some day, so HERE WE ARE. God just happened to put another adoption together in order to make it happen.
We walked around Shaiman Island today with our friends taking in the sights and sounds. We found a stroller for Benjamin to ride in as he gets heavy to carry when he gets tired. The boys are delighted to be running around the park and finding fun boy things to do. It is Saturday so all the families are out with their children enjoying the festivities. Feng keeps his eye on Nao Nao as we walk. Christian slips his hand into Fengs and says, I have two BaBa's. BaBa in Chinese means daddy. This brought a great smile to Feng as you can see him hold back in respect to our family. He is beaming with pride over the loving kindness that Nao Nao offers him. If you met him, you would find it easy to do as well. We have yet to meet Li Ying as she is flying into Guangzhou as I write. By the way, Feng doesn't speak a word of English. No one needs language to show love.
We are overwhelmed not only with how well Benjamin has adapted to our love and family life but also his capacity to love us in return. We are feeling dizzy with God's goodness as we are witnessing a circle of love that God planned before time and is allowing us to be a part of, not only in Benjamin's adoption but in closer for Christian's adoption as well.
Overwhelmed by His Goodness, Wendy for Art, Christian and Benjamin David Docter

Passport Day in Tianjin

Good news! Art and our guide traveled over to the police station in Tianjin to pick up Benjamin's passport just hours ago. The passport is the reason we have been sitting in this city for no less than seven business days (at least, so we thought). The passport is Benjamin's ticket to leave the provincial capital and travel to South China, Guangzhou, where we will meet with the U.S. Consulate in order to receive clearance to travel to the U.S.A. These final meetings allow Benjamin to be received into the city of entry as a U.S. citizen. That's worth rejoicing over.

We celebrated passport day with some special friends from our humble abode here at The Westin. We ordered up spaghetti, pizza, soup, pop, and french fries for all those who shared in our joyous celebration. Benjamin was clueless of our reason for celebrating but thoroughly enjoyed the luncheon fare and festivities.
Take some time to read Psalm 34 today as this happens to be one of the chapters we have chosen to read daily over the course of our trip. Picture with us our great God victoriously making a way for His children to be placed in families and given a hope and a future. God's plan will prevail. God keeps His promises.
As we travel to Guangzhou tomorrow, please continue to pray for us as we have appointments with medicals and the consulate. Our dear Chinese friend whom we have known for almost fifteen years will be meeting up with us for the weekend. This will surely be a sweet reunion.
We are so ready to wrap up our business and prepare to travel back to see our family in the states. The difficult part of adoption travel is having to be separated from our loved ones for so long. We are so thankful for our married children who have helped us out by staying with the family back home so we could be about this business.
Please pray for God's strength and special blessing upon them while we are apart.

Wednesday in Tianjin

Today I type in a quiet hotel room on the 18th floor of the Westin. I am looking out the floor to ceiling glass wall viewing the city of Tianjin. The city goes on as far as the eye can see. The sun is shining today and the horns are honking but at a distant now. Yesterday we moved over to this hotel (thanks to a friend from the states who made connections for a "special price.") We now share two double beds rather than twin beds. They actually call them "heavenly beds" which is an accurate description. It has an amazing edgeless pool for the boys to play in. It is so relaxing to watch them spend hours busying themselves pool side with various toys. Christian played water games with other Chinese boys his age. No language barrier stopped them from having a good time and interacting for hours. Benjamin walks gingerly around the pool area cautiously as to not fall down or in. There is a children's wading pool perfect for him. He is gaining more confidence as the days go by.
His little hands, though deformed, are so quick in response, snatching just about anything he sets his mind to. Art says it's like a little lizard tongue whipping out to snatch it's prey. We still have a constant switching off and on of the light switches (low to the ground of course.) The electric blinds and two sets of draperies move up and down, back and forth, as his little fingers operate everything in sight in this state of the art hotel room. Yesterday Art had to go down to the concierge desk and get someone to come up and stop our room safe alarm from alerting the whole floor. Benjamin the "operator" had pushed so many buttons that a warning signal could be heard out into the hall. It's as if he had waited all his life to operate mechanical and moving devices. For sure he would be operating elevators as his life's occupation if he had the opportunity to do so.
Benjamin is very infatuated with Ultraman. He must be some kind of super-hero here in China. The department store has a complete floor of various toys. It is here that we first learned of "ULTAMA" as Benjamin refers to Ultraman. Needless to say, we could hardly leave the store without two videos and two laser guns from the Ultraman display. It actually has some nice orchestra music as its sound track.
Art and the boys went down to the bakery just outside our hotel to get some breakfast for us this morning. The European type bakery encased lovely warm croissants with various meats inside, delicious breads, jellos with fresh fruit and excellent coffee. What a delightful way to begin our day. We will meet up with our interpreter today for a visit to the Ancient Cultural Street. A couple of hours touring is about all the boys can appreciate.
We are extremely grateful for your prayers as we wrap up our the next few days here in Tianjin. We are more than confident that God has ordained this time and the many divine opportunities to touch the lives of others and be blessed by their thoughtful words and deeds as well. While we miss our family and friends back home, we know now that it is just a matter of days before we will all be reunited again with this precious family addition.
Experiencing His goodness here in Tianjin, Wendy for Art and the boys.

Visit to Prince of Peace

Today highlighted our trip to POP foster center. According to 2007 statistics, Tianjin has a population of 10.43 million people. It took us 1 1/2 hours from our hotel in the heart of Tianjin to get to the district of Wuqing where POP is located.
Here we met with caretakers and the director of POP where Benjamin spent four years growing up. Such kind and loving people administer care for 110 precious special needs children of various ages. The children were eating lunch and getting settled in for naps by the time we arrived. We tried to take in as many smiling faces of children who had been obviously cared for. Several children with Downs syndrome, many with Cerebral Palsy, some in walkers and wheelchairs and others that were blind, deaf or both. All extremely dependent, needing the specialized touch of someone who cares. It is an awe filled moment to witness helpless little ones being given a compassionate touch and in turn seeing the smiles and looks of wonder as we passed by.
According to Doug Herman in his book called FAITHQUAKE, he quotes from Jeremiah 1:5 " Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Jeremiah challenges God after he delivers a message of judgment and repentance.
This is found in verse 1,'You are always righteous, O Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet i would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?'
" Asking 'why' is completely natural. God is not offended by our wonder. If Jeremiah could ask why, I know I can too. God is not shaken when I ask why. The freedom to ask God why does not give us license to receive a complete explanation. Sometimes asking is all the satisfaction we'll get. Sometimes God gives us the answer, 'Because I am your Father.' He doesn't stop to give us details or gain our approval. He is God, after all, the greatest Father of them all. It really is enough of an answer when it comes from Him."
I can't explain all the thoughts going through my head after our visit to POP. What I can say for sure is that I am extremely grateful to God and these caring people who funded and provided for our son when his needs were so great. God is certainly aware of broken humanity. God doesn't close his eyes to the needs of His children. He does prompt people's hearts to step up and make sure that the most defenseless ones are cared for. Surely this is what we witnessed here today.

Sunday in Tianjin

We woke up around 3 AM. Art and I are still trying to adapt to the time change. By the time we get our body's time clock adjusted to China time, we will be flying back home.
Around 6 AM, Christian opened up the draperies in our room and discovered it had snowed a couple inches over night. Snow only falls in small amounts 2 or 3 times a year here in Tianjin. We walked downstairs for our "usual" breakfast in our hotel and set out with our interpreter for a visit of the downtown area. The picture to the left shows how we have to hold Benjamin back on the elevator, otherwise we will stop at every floor due to his curious button pushing. The stores and sidewalks were crowded with people enjoying their day off with a bit of a holiday spirit in the air. The nice thing about the precipitation here in China is it tends to bring down the pollutants making it easier to breath.
In our wanderings we came upon an old Catholic Church sanctioned by the Chinese government in the heart of downtown Tianjin. We decided to venture in finding a large gathering of Chinese people singing and praising God in a sanctuary ornately painted in pale blue and gold. The priest spoke the mass in Chinese. Our guide said she had never been in a church before. This was such a delightful way to spend Sunday morning.
Thereafter, the boys were treated to ice cream at the Dairy Queen and rides on some coin operated toys. They were in their glory. We all enjoyed getting out with no time constraints. Later in the day we arranged to meet with a family who lived in Grand Rapids for several years and now live and work in Tianjin. We spent a relaxing evening together in their home then shared dinner at a local "hot pot" restaurant in their neighborhood. We enjoyed such wonderful fellowship with like minded people who would have otherwise been complete strangers. We ended the evening shivering on a busy street corner trying to catch a cab with two tired little boys in tow. It appears as if the taxi drivers didn't appreciate taking riders that far across town. It would have helped if we could have understood their explanation in Chinese. Just took us three tries.
Tomorrow ( Monday,) we will venture out to visit Prince of Peace Foster Center where Benjamin called home for the past four years. Please pray for him to have healthy closer to his past and continued peaceful/ secure transition to his life in a family.


Blessings dear ones,

Wendy for Art, Christian and Benjamin

REST and WAIT

Hello all,
It has been a long time since Art and I have had a day to kick back and rest. We hardly know how to handle this forced break in the routine. While I type and Art reads to me from Gary Thomas' book, "Sacred Marriage," the boys are assembling a battery operated gear game. Benjamin (Tai Tai) sings in Chinese as Christian chatters in English. They have been batting a beach ball around all afternoon and wrestling on the beds. You would have thought they'd known each other for a lifetime. How could this be? The answered prayers for this child, his brother and humbled parents are so boldly evident.

The plan for Monday is to travel with our guide and hired driver to Prince of Peace Foster Center where Benjamin had been raised for the past four years. We have so looked forward to meeting the staff and the 100 children with severe disabilities residing there. Here we hope to hear about our little boy's past and possibly visit his school.

Today we are being served up some unsolicited hugs and kisses by Benjamin. All these extra perks are warming our hearts to the brim. He enjoys eating most anything and is offering us some of the food off his plate as well. These are all good signs that healthy bonding is beginning to take place. We continue to be amazed as he sleeps through the night and is the last one up in the AM. He seems so at peace with his new surroundings and family of complete strangers.
Please know that I can only access my email and not my blog or Facebook here in China. My precious children back home are cutting and pasting the days events for me. Thank you for following this adventure and supporting us in prayer over the next two weeks. We feel so blessed to share this sacred time with you.

- Love Art, Wendy, Christian, and Benjamin

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Benjamin's Gotcha Day

We just wrapped up meetings for the morning. One more this afternoon at the notary's office. After today, all business in the provincial capital will be completed and we will just sit in this fair city until the police dept. gives us our passport and then we will head to Guangzhou and wrap up business at the U.S. embassy.
Benjamin is loving the attention he is being given.
He really likes his big brother, Christian. He slept all night, stayed in his bed when placed there. He eats like a horse and tells me when he needs to go potty. He has excellent eye contact and is very loving. This is such an answer to prayer.

Art and I are still trying to adapt to the 13 hr. time change. We went to bed last night at 8pm, woke up at midnight. The cars continue to honk their horns well into the night. We sat in the our overly large bathroom until 3am hashing over the events of the day. (this happens to be our only quiet spot away from the sleeping boys)
Our biggest frustration daily is trusting God for the next step rather than giving into fears or grasping for control. I guess this will continue to be our life long struggle. Truth breeds Trust and we have been a little on the short side of truth these past few days.

Well, we are going to get some lunch. Every meal is an adventure these days!
Thank you for your continued prayers. That's the real deal.
Blessings
Wendy and Art

Benjamin

Dear friends and family,
Culture shock is alive and well. We so quickly forget what it feels like to be "foreigners" in another land. China is so diverse in its unique beauty. The real beauty is its searching people looking for Truth and purpose for their existence.
Our dependence upon God is certainly increasing. This lonely/overwhelming feeling at times is something we'd appreciate you to pray over on our behalf.
We woke up between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning hearing horns honking and a restless boy (Christian) moving around in bed. He had slept out his tiredness as he slept the last 3 hours of the flight and then again in the 2 hour van ride to Tianjin. All in all, our flights and van rides covered 17 hours of our first day of travel. We were beyond exhausted arriving at the Golden Ocean Hotel, Tianjin, China. ("Golden" only as China can describe it:)
We showered and went down for the early morning breakfast buffet that opens at 6:30 am. We enjoyed omelets, great varieties of vegetables and fruit. We needed to meet our interpreter in the lobby by 9 am. We enjoyed our leisurely breakfast and thereafter climbed into one of our many taxi rides to our first meeting at Benjamin's orphanage. We only had a 10 minute ride to get there which was so nice. Our taxi entered into a back alley as the driver dodged bicycle riders and innocent bystanders making their way to work. Your heart lodges somewhere in your throat as you watch near death experiences while making your way across town. We get out of the taxi and enter a gray/dingy building where we will meet our son for the first time. We enter the building and two doors on the left would be the first time we see the face of my four year old son in person. Today I saw his tears for the first time and within 30 minutes experienced his first smile for two complete strangers that speak, smell and look nothing like him and yet we're called to be his mama and baba.
He is at this time running around our hotel room playing with the many toys we brought from the U.S. We spent some time watching him discover the remote to the T.V. and every light switch available to his reach and short stature. After 2 hours, he is calling us mama and baba (daddy). He tells us when he's hungry and thirsty as well as what he needs to do on the potty. Some of his Chinese words are familiar to us as Christian used them four years ago when he came out of China.
We have already visited Pizza Hut for lunch where it is impossible to get a special order pizza. Just point at the seafood pizza or the pineapple/ham combo or the Thai flavored delight. No such thing as a vegetable pizza. The boys enjoyed our lunch and a taste of ice cream after wards. We shopped a 5 story Walmart for bottled water and some snacks. We greatly enjoyed holing up in the hotel room for the remainder of the afternoon where we spent some time dedicating this chosen child to his Creator. It is remarkable to us that amongst the masses of 143,000 orphans, the Sovereign God of the universe has selected us to parent this remarkable child.
As I wrap up this update for the night, I can hear Art and the boys out in the hall giggling and kicking around a beach ball. The laughter alone is worth every penny of the ransom paid for his soul. Benjamin is a child that was planned for and promised a hope and a future by his Creator. Continue to pray for us all as Christian is already saying that he is ready to go back to America and Art echoes his sentiments. We only have two more weeks to go!!
Upheld by His right hand, Wendy, Art and boys.

"Collaborate with Me" -JESUS CALLING

Be flexible. Expect change.
Yesterday we received a phone call from our agency stating that we needed to arrive into Tianjin, China two days before planned. That all seems well and good until you have to change your airline tickets. This we found out would be an added cost of $2,000. Finding flights to China on late notice is costly. Late last night, Art made contact with United Airlines and got a sympathetic ear from a "live person" on the other end of the phone. After an hour of details shared and some flight changes, United decided to waive our $1,000 cancellation fees. This is a big answer to prayer. We still have to pay the upgrade fees to purchase flights at this late date but that was to be expected.
Please join us in praise and thanksgiving to God as we persevere to keep a positive focus on a potentially trying trip. Our positive blessing is that we will see Benjamin two days earlier than planned.
Our reading on Feb. 11 in JESUS CALLING yesterday said, " My Peace stands out in sharp contrast to your circumstances. I am training you to practice Peace that overpowers darkness. Collaborate with Me in this training."

COUNTDOWN TO TRAVEL

Feb. 5, 2011
Dear praying friends and family,
Finally we are at the point in Benjamin's adoption where we can finalize travel plans to fly into Tianjin, China and meet Benjamin. One year ago this month we read Wei Cong Tai's brief biography and saw a little picture of a shy looking 3 year old holding a book. His forlorn look stole our hearts twelve months ago. We sought God's leading in taking the steps to adopt another little one into our already growing family. At the time of decision, Wendy was working through the book of Esther. In reading Esther 4:14, "And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" We read excerpts from Beth Moore's Esther study about God's providential plan and how "we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works everything in conformity with the purpose of His will" (Eph.1:11) Beth stated that these realizations should be stunning and marvelous to us, exploding our lives with significance. She also stated that, "We can refuse to walk in obedience to God or cower in fear from our calling and He will undoubtedly still accomplish His agenda.One of the obstacles in our most important moments "for such a time as this" is the difficulty of the destiny-serving task. Every giant-size weight drops into our laps right on schedule. None of our purposes will be fulfilled easily. All of them will require the most difficult decisions we think we can make. Decisions that we may feel will practically kill us. Then God does something miraculous and we become something we're not. That's when "WHO KNOWS?" becomes "I KNOW." It didn't take long for Him to reveal to us that Wei Cong Tai was soon to become known as Benjamin David Docter.

Before I close, let me share a bit about our travel plans. We will fly out of Grand Rapids, MI on Thursday morning, Feb. 24 and arrive in Beijing, China on Friday evening at 4:30 pm. ( this would be Friday 4:30 AM Michigan time ) We will spend a week in Tianjin City located about 1 hour from Beijing. Here we will be processing his adoption in the provincial capital where his orphanage is located. For the past four years, Benjamin has lived in a Foster Center located in Tianjin, China. This center was built by a Christian Chinese business man and is operated with the help of World Vision. Most of the 100 children living in Prince of Peace Foster Center have quite severe special needs. POP foster center offers the children opportunity to have the extra necessary provisions made available to them for their type of special needs. Several children are in wheel chairs and receive OT and PT on a daily basis. We will learn more as we visit there.
It is getting rather late so I will close for now and look forward to sharing more in the near future.
Thank you again dear ones for your support of our family as we journey with Benjamin through his adoption in the next few weeks.