Thursday, February 4, 2010

Thankful Thursdays


(Just love this picture with her cheeks full of food!!)



Im Thankful that God puts people in your path to make some things easier!!

My hubby and I try and have lunch together about once a month or so. He works from home when he is not on a plane. We had not been out for lunch together for a long time. So today when we were out and about running dossier paperwork to be certified and turning in our i800a, we decided to eat at a new little Asian Fusion place in our small little town. We had dinner there with some friends on New Years and knew it was awesome food. The couple that owns it is so sweet and they just adore Ava to pieces. They will take Ava back to the kitchen and let her watch the amazing chef from Hong Kong. They also sneak her candy too!!

While we were in there today Linda, the owner, had a friend there having lunch. She introduced us to her and told us she was from Guangzhou. Her name is Jie Liu and she was so sweet. Linda told Jie Liu that we were bringing home an older daughter from Guangzhou this year. Jie Liu gave us her phone number and said she would love to be a translator for us when we bring Gemma home, she speaks Cantonese!! Praise God!! We had met many people that spoke Mandarin but not Cantonese. The best part is they live just a couple miles from us and she has a daughter that is a year younger than Gemma! Her daughter speaks fluent Cantonese too and just learned English last year.

This is such a load off. Having this connection and friendship before bringing Gemma home is just a miracle!! I hope it helps ease the transition for Gemma and also gives her a friend her age that speaks her native language. This will also make it so much easier for Gemma to keep her Cantonese and be able to continue to communicate with her foster family and friends once she is home with us.

Okay time to go back to working on my jewelry to raise more funds to bring Gemma home!!




8 comments:

Kim said...

April....she is GORGEOUS!!!!!

What a blessing to find the little girl to translate, I bet they will become great friends.

That is definitely God's hand at work!

How fun this journey will be waiting side by side with you.

Kim

JT said...

Since you guys are adoption a couple long lost cousins, you will always have family in San Diego. =)

Best wishes always.

The Tsai Family

Kim said...

What a blessing. God is SO good!
And you know that I am loving the fact that I feel connected as a Hong Kong resident who hears Cantonese daily!
Love & Blessings,
Kim

Tami said...

Ok - WOW! Our little Aubrie is our #6, too! And, she is a Guangdong girl (our third - all from the same city!)! The Cantonese thing has been one of the hardest things! We're still praying for God to provide a way to communicate (and trusting HE will!). Great to "meet" you!

Half Gaelic, Half Garlic! said...

She is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

How fortunate for you to have found somebody to translate.....that is so great!!

You do have so much to be thankful for my friend:)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Lisa

Football and Fried Rice said...

Oh my goodness - what are the chances!?!?! That is AMAZING!!!! Seriously, amazing.

Reaffirmation this morning that God really knows what He's doing!

As if there was a doubt!

Chasing Dreams Photography said...

what a wonderful post April : ) she is so beautiful!!!!!

Your package should be there soon...

Terri said...

Hello, I came across your blog & wanted to say "congrats" on your new beautiful addition to you family. She is so precious!!! I am looking forward to following along on your journey. Our first daughter was from the Guangdong Province & we are so happy to announce that we are now paperchasing for our 8 yr old in Fujian Province!!!!

Best Wishes to your family!!!

 
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