{"id":29,"date":"2005-03-15T17:21:13","date_gmt":"2005-03-15T23:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=29"},"modified":"2005-03-16T06:21:42","modified_gmt":"2005-03-16T12:21:42","slug":"shamian-island-the-princess-goes-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glorychurch.com\/battlesadopt\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Shamian Island – The Princess Goes Shopping!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We went to Shamian Island today to shop! Shamian Island is the famous place in Guangzhou where many adoptive parents and international visitors go to shop for China Souvenirs. We had a great time buying clothes for Becca and some other great souvenirs! One awesome thing that happened for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Baba\u00e2\u20ac? (that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s me!) was that on the way to Shamian Island, Becca fell asleep in my arms! One of the daddies who had biological children already, Rich Haske, had told me before, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Just wait until she falls asleep in your arms! There is nothing like it in all the world!\u00e2\u20ac? He was right! Boy, I wish that I could describe the new type of love, the father-for-daughter love, which I am now experiencing. It is something beyond mere words. When she fell asleep in my arms, I began to think of what an awesome trust our Heavenly Father places into our hands when He gives us the responsibility of raising a new little one and watching them grow and learn from our example. The awesome magnitude of that trust hit me in that moment, and also on the other side of the coin, the awesome blessing of that trust. WOW God! Thank you for the blessing of fatherhood! May my life as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Baba\u00e2\u20ac? and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mama\u00e2\u20ac? Sarah\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s life serve as a Godly example to our daughter that she can look at and follow into the good and perfect plan that You have for her in her future! The fact that God would bless me with such a beautiful little girl is just another trophy of His grace and mercy being bestowed on me in my life! Below is a picture of Becca asleep in my arms.<\/p>\n

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Here is Becca smiling at one of the lady salesmen in a shop there!<\/p>\n

\"Becca<\/p>\n

She also had other admirers as well:<\/p>\n

\"Shoppers<\/p>\n

Here is Princess Rebecca “Cinderella” Catherine Jiayi Battle trying on her slipper for her dedication service coming soon at The Lord’s Glory Church!:<\/p>\n

\"Cinderella<\/p>\n

Becca loves Mama!:<\/p>\n

\"Becca<\/p>\n

One thing about Becca that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll notice right away: she loves people and people love her! Life for her is just one big fun time! May she always have a life full of the Joy of the Lord! We can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wait for this coming Sunday when we can take her to church for her first service at The Lord\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Glory Church! We also cannot wait for her to meet her grandparents!<\/p>\n

Blessings to all who have written us! Wow! The love you have shown us via e-mail overwhelms us! It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so awesome that our little one has so many people that care about her! Thanks again for everything! See ya tomorrow! <\/p>\n

I close with another family photo:<\/p>\n

\"We<\/p>\n

We love all of you! See ya tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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