Wow what a difference a child makes!

This little girl is such a joy to our lives. She keeps us laughing with her laughter and "cheesy" smile. She is so cute (but that comes from a biased father). She is making major leaps everyday to catch up with her age group. Just in the past few days she has gone from being very sedate to laughing and giggling, to avoiding bedtime by showing something new she can do...spinning in the crib, rolling over and making herself laugh, I think she may even start running tomorrow. She has taken to us quite easily and, as predicted by our facilitators, she will start trusting us by showing us what she can do as that trust builds. I find that works that same way in God's family as well. As we put our faith and trust in Him, we will desire to do more for Him. I can't wait to see what she will do in the next few days.

Now, on a side note. I have seen some rather interesting things in China. Because Chinese New Year is this weekend, we have been able to see a sampling of the celebration. I cannot believe how much more they put into that celebration. For most of us, New Years is a one day deal. Woohoo, it is a new year, let's make some kind of commitment that won't hold through tomorrow. This is a two week celebration for a lot of people. The day we got Kayli, some of the Chinese people were headed home for what they call "reunion day." People who have worked all year, mothers, fathers, grandparents, whoever go home to see their families and present them with gifts and their earnings for that year for the family to live on. I could not imagine spending time away from Michelle and Kayli for that long just to make money for the coming year. But this celebration from what we can see has a lot of similarities to how we would decorate for Christmas. I have seen thousands of Chinese lanterns and fireworks, several outdoor shows, even now someone is programming a laser and light show outside our hotel for this weekend that literally surrounds this little island we are on. Amazing and very cool for a tech guy like me.

Onto the traffic here in China, Carl S., I may not complain about the way you drive ever again (OK maybe not). These people have no regard for traffic laws, pedestrians, other cars or the fact that there is a building with in milimeters of the side of their cars. The interesting thing is that in the time I have been here, I have only seen one accident, no scratched cars, much less dented ones. These people don't multitask while they drive, which is good because I am sure someone would be killed. When we were in Nanchang the other day, however, I did see on the news of a 1000 car pile up in the town we were in and a 60 car pileup in another location. One of these accidents delayed our getting Kayli by a few hours but I am glad she wasn't in a vehicle that was involved nor were we. I have a little website for you to go to if you want to see what we have been through during driving around town, YIKES! The song "Kung Fu Fighting" is the background music for this but you might as well put in Nanchang driving or Beijing driving. I refuse to drive in situations like this...I would be one of those statistics you hear about on the news everyday. Here is the site...enjoy! http://sccreightons.us/morgan/video.htm