{"id":25,"date":"2005-03-11T17:24:34","date_gmt":"2005-03-11T23:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=25"},"modified":"2005-03-13T05:56:45","modified_gmt":"2005-03-13T11:56:45","slug":"receive-official-adoption-certificate-and-beccas-first-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/?p=25","title":{"rendered":"Receive Official Adoption Certificate and Becca&#8217;s first flight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning Wuhan!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/goodmorningwuhan.jpg\" alt=\"Good Morning Wuhan!\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/goodmorningwuhan2.jpg\" alt=\"Good Morning Mommy and Daddy! I love you!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We started the day early getting up at 5:00AM to get our bags and our bodies ready for a long day containing two very monumental tasks. First, we went back to the Hubei Center for Intercountry Adoption to pick up the all-important red leather folder containing Becca\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s official adoption certificate! Below is a picture with the notary who is a very important official in China, unlike in America, where a notary just has to pay a fee and have very little training to become one. Also pictured here are Sherry, our national guide for the first two-thirds of our trip, and Eric, our local guide in Wuhan. We also received our baby\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chinese Passport.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/notaryandguides.jpg\" alt=\"Photo with Notary and Guides with Adoption Certificate in Wuhan!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After this, we went to the Wuhan Airport to go on baby Becca\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first flight! She did marvelously, and was a clown! She very much enjoyed playing with Annabelle, Rich and Michelle Haske\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s adopted baby. God has made it so easy on us! I hear so many people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horror stories about parenting, and the difficult times they have with their babies. We have had very few upsetting episodes so far. Our baby has such an easy personality, and is so flexible and easy-going! She loves to just have fun! Everything is a big laugh! She also has no problem getting along with other children. Anyway, there I go bragging again! Pardon my papa syndrome! \ud83d\ude42 It peeks its way through at such unpredictable moments, but God has been so good to us, and we just can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t help but shout it from the rooftops! Below is a picture of our cutie\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first flight to Guangzhou:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/beccafirstflight.jpg\" alt=\"Becca's First Flight!\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, she had a great time! From there, we took a 45 minute bus ride to DongFang Hotel in Guangzhou. Our guide, Amy, is very sweet! We should have a picture of her sometime soon! The DongFang Hotel is huge! It has two lobbies, a shopping mall, and three or four restaurants. There is also a McDonald\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the complex, where Rebecca enjoyed her first Happy Meal. Our room here is very spacious with lots of room for baby to run!<\/p>\n<p>Pictures of room tomorrow! <\/p>\n<p>One prayer request: Pray for an easy doctor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s appointment for Rebecca as she goes for the customary routine checkup, before being allowed to leave China with us to the USA. The appointment is on Monday. Thanks for your prayers and support!<\/p>\n<p>God bless! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning Wuhan! We started the day early getting up at 5:00AM to get our bags and our bodies ready for a long day containing two very monumental tasks. 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