We started off this morning with a trip back to the registration office to finalize JWHs adoption. After that we went to the notary office to get everything notarized, (up and down 6 flights of stairs) then we were back to the hotel for a quick 30 mins in which we had to photocopy the documents we'd just received that morning and try to get a quick bite to eat before heading out to apply for JWHs passport.
We had to travel to Hebi, the city that he is from, to apply for his passport - was a 2hr drive each way. After we finished at the police station we were able to go visit his orphanage... so so sad :( They had nothing... no toys, no books, no paper/crayons, rooms empty except for their cribs and 2 small green tables. There was nothing there for a child to play with - except for the 1 car that we had sent in a care package to JWH. Seeing where he spent the first 4 years of his life is helping me to understand some of his behaviors... being here, with 2 white people (who don't understand any of the many things he is saying in mandarin), in a hotel, on a bus, in different rooms with lots of other white people who are holding toys for other kids, at a breakfast buffet in a hotel, just SO much overstimulation, seeing things for the first time... grabbing, touching, throwing, screaming, shutting down... all understandable considering what he has and hasn't known and what he is now experiencing... understandable but not easy to deal with...
Grateful for continued prayers for JWH, for me, for AG (who is doing amazingly! such a wonderful helper to her momma!!!)... also grateful for prayers for the rest of the crew back at home.
And now the pics:
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