This morning we Skyped the kids again and oh, how eager they are for us to return. It's very soon now. We'll be home in less than a week! It's hard to believe how quickly the time has gone.
Nate and I met Anson and Joyce down in the lobby at 9:30 to take Anya to her medical examination. It was much quieter today:) The check up part went very quickly (she had to see two different doctors). They said that her heart murmur is still there but that it is ever so slight. That was very good news! The part that wasn't good was they said Anya would need to haave six shots! I about fell over! I was in tears! It's so hard when we have learned so much about immunizations the past couple of years and anyone knows that six shots at once (and some are combination shots, so really it ends up being more than that) is not a good idea. A woman I spoke with later (she works with teenagers at a clinic in the states) said that they never give more than four at once and that is to teenagers! And here little Anya Mai is barely 14 months:( The hardest part is that she is our daughter and there was absolutely nothing we could do. The Chinese doctors said that it was not what they wanted to do but that the CDC required it in order for Anya to enter the United States. To pump such a little body with so much just scared me (how much is too much for that little body to handle before something goes wrong). Sorry! I was pretty upset over this one. It just broke my heart to do to her and with what we now know with how our own children's bodies handle certain things, it scared me. Anya was out of it after her shots and it took her a little while to perk back up. Nate ever so lovingly reminded me that God is in control of it all, so when things are completely out of our control, they are not out of His control. And even if things do go wrong as a result, He will give us the grace and strength to make it through. All that said, the Lord can cover and protect her - even from so many shots at once - and hopefully everything will be just fine.
After Anya's medical exam, Anson walked us to the Christian church where we were able to participate in a Chinese service. The service was preached in the Chinese language with an interpreter to translate into English. We enjoyed the service and Anya just snuggled close through it all. After service a young, Chinese woman approached us and excitedly shared how she came to know the Lord and what He has done in her life. She said that life is very hard, but that He helps get her through. She shared how the rest of her family is Buddist and she prays for them daily. She showed us her Bible an American family had given to her.
Anya was exhausted after church and lunch, so we all layed down for an hour to rest. Nate had our adoption paperwork to complete with Holt and the other adoptive families at 3:00, so while he was gone, Anya and I just hung out and played:) She is such a special, special, little girl! I just love her so much!
When Nate returned, we webt to Susan's Place to pick up our laundry and then ordered in Mc Donald's for supper - Anya had her very first Happy Meal:) It was neat to see a guy pull up on his bicycle with a heated pack that held our meal:) Anya really enjoyed her "American" meal and so did Nate and I:)
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