After the Pearl River cruise, we realized that we would soon be saying good-bye to some new friends who had played a big part in this trip that changed our lives. There were 17 families in our travel group. However, only 3 other families went with us to Jiangsu Province. All of them are from faraway states, but they sure felt like family when we were in Nanjing! We were glad to be able to share the experience with them.
This family adopted a 12 year old boy.
This is a picture of Larken with her mom and sister - although they decided to change her name to Avery on the last day!
This is the family who shared their Papa John's pizza and cruise tickets with us! This single mom had adopted a little girl from Thailand, who is 7 years old. The girl in yellow reminded Joe and I so much of our Sue! The other little girl was adopted on this trip, and she is 5 years old. I enjoyed spending time with this family. . . . . they helped me not miss my sweet girls at home quite so much!
This is all 17 families on the last day. They took the picture just before we picked up Drew's visa and began the LONG journey home!
If you see me anxiously looking around back there, I was looking for our guide Anson. He had gone to the Consulate to pick up Drew's visa that we applied for the day before. Once we had our passport and that brown envelope in our hands, we boarded a bus, a train to Hong Kong, and a van. After spending a restless night at the airport hotel, we got up early, navigated the HUGE Hong Kong airport, and got on a plane bound for the United States.
That is awesome that you have a travel family. That is something that we missed on our trip.
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