A Chinese wedding

We had a lovely time at a wedding today - one of our wonderful mother's invited us. A real privilege and lots of fun. To get there we got lost in the rain up a back alley with 5 children a buggy and a back pack. Of course I forgot our camera but the sights and sounds of China were all there. The food, chatter, laughter and general revelry. We were shown the new couple's house - a bathroom but no kitchen, two bedrooms and a living room. Very nicely done out - a huge telly with karaoke, Theresa Deng singing very nicely to a cavorting couple on screen! Could I have leapt over the settee in so jocular a fashion? I fear not as I would no doubt have put my foot in my bride's mouth!! The banquet was truly lovely but the children found a turtle floating around in slow circles in the turtle soup, very offputting. Enjoyable conversation with people we already know and who made sure to look after us was really touching. Was that really us in the middle of China at a wedding feast, so really English - picking our way over the sunflower seed shells and down the steep flight of stairs and over an open drain out on to the rough track down to the roadway at the bottom of the hill? With our friends carrying their children - the language of love and common purpose supercedes Chinese/English. We really love our friends here and their commitment to make the lives of many of the little ones here, so much better - is wonderful to be a part of - Thank You Father.


Last few weeks eventful with adoptions, visitors, training and other things - although the child who had a local home for a few days was back and no longer had the prospect of a settled future - I always feel like crying for these precious ones as all deserve the very best we can give them - really ... they are all beautiful.