Hi Everyone!! Well, as Shannon said in her message, we are having technical difficulties and are not able to connect to the internet on our laptop. So, right now we are in the computer lab at New Day and just wanted to send a quick message. We have had a full day with Daniel (Friday), learning his routine, learning how to catheterize him, going over his records, etc.

When Karen and Grace (co-directors of the foster home) gave us all his records this afternoon, we were given a tiny bracelet that was on his wrist when he was left at the hospital when he was just a few days old. That brought tears to all our eyes as we thought of his biological mom and how she must have felt as she left him. I'm so glad we have that keepsake for him so that he will always know how much she loved him.

We introduced the walker that we brought with us, and amazingly he took right to it. He is very protective of it, not wanting any of the other kids to even touch it! We had our first meal with him in the dining hall at lunch and boy, can he eat!! He thought it was pretty cool that he got to sit at a table with us instead of with all the other kids. He is attaching really well to Neil and is slowly warming up to me.

Tomorrow we are going into Beijing with Daniel to have lunch at a famous Peking duck restaurant and then do shome shopping. It will be our first outing with him alone. I (Lora) had my first experience catheterizing him this afternoon and it wasn't nearly as scary as I thought it would be. Tonight it is Neil's turn! We are having a great time with him - he is so much fun. We'll post pictures as soon as we get our computer issue taken care of. Thanks for all your prayers. We are feeling a little overwhelmed, but are feeling God's peace through it all. We feel so blessed that God has given Daniel to us!

Love you all,