God is intervening

Today was a much better day for Maggie Mae. It is about 4:35pm Monday afternoon. We've had her for 24 hours and she is beginning to trust us a little. She took her bottle today and ate KFC for lunch and loved it. She didn't want to take a nap this afternoon. She just stood up in the bed and watched me try to take a nap. She was so funny standing there sucking her thumb falling asleep. She would not lay down. Now she is up walking about the room for the first time. She let herself out of the bed and is walking great. She seems to see some because she is not running into anything in the room. We went to the adoption center today to do all the final adoption certificate paperwork and then to the Police station to apply for her passport. Her picture is hilarious. They wrapped her in a men's black coat and she was not happy. We met a family from Raleigh, NC who were picking up their daughter. She is the little girl that came with Maggie Mae yesterday from the same orphanage. She was a special needs child with issues relating to lack of oxygen at birth. Her CT scan showed abnormalities in her cerebral cells. The family found out when they got here that on her last medical visit, she had a normal CT. Praise Jesus for that. Nanette, the mom and I got to talk a lot at the adoption center. They have 3 biological children, she sings on the praise team, and testifies to an incredible journey.

She and I shed some tears together because all this is a bit overwhelming. How sweet it was of the Lord to put us in the same room together. We will have our official ceremony at the US Consulate in Guangzhou together next Wednesday. Emma, our travel coordinator, says that things in Kunming are a bit unorganized compared to other provinces she has been, which makes things a little chaotic at times. She has been wonderful!

Thank you all for your encouraging emails. I'm sorry if I have not replied to all of you, my time on the computer is limited. The internet works when it wants to here.

More tomorrow and thank you so much for praying, God is intervening.

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