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.