Today is better. Each
day will get better. However, we will
expect setbacks. Greyson is an adorable
little guy. He is missing his friends
today, but is happy with Mark, our guide, and I (at least that is what he told
the guide). He can’t understand why all
these other kids keep coming with us. J That’s what siblings are sweetie. He is goofing around with Jayson right now as
I type. It is cute to see them bonding
as Jayson was feeling left out being his age and loving kids. Every once and awhile he pushes the limits
and does something (mostly to get attention), but also because it is a big
world outside of the orphanage. He is
easy to love as he is affectionate and will hug and cuddle. He loves to be held and kissed. He makes good eye contact. Currently, our biggest battle is the
bathroom. He knows he gets one on one
attention in the bathroom, so asks all of the time “Neow Neow” and then “Boo
Neow Newo” when we get into the bathroom.
This is NOT the correct spelling, but the sound. Neow Neow is pee. Boo is no.
He prefers western toilets to squattys, which is helpful (easier) for
me.
Jingjing (Greyson) slept very well with me last night! Thank you for the prayers. I loved feeling his little arm around my neck
throughout the night. And I melted to
wake up to hugs and kisses and big smiles this morning! We ate breakfast, this kiddo LOVES to
eat! I don’t think he was given much or
enough at the orphanage. He is tiny and
a definite food hoarder. We have not had
one yet, so we need to make sure that he has food to hang onto and realizes
that food will always be available to him.
We set out for the Lama Temple after breakfast. Our poor guide didn’t understand why we
weren’t more impressed with this one of the few operating Tibetan Buddhist temples
left. We explained this was not our
religion and we needed the kids to understand this was not something we
worship. She felt very bad when she
realized we were Christians. We talked
to the kids. It actually led to some
good conversation with them. They wished
we could begin preaching right there. It
was amazing and sad that these people do not understand that their prayers do
nothing. Our guide said only about 10%
practice religion. This was the least
populated tourist spot we’ve visited. So
many that need to hear The Truth here.
From there, we went on a Hutong Tour. The kids loved the rickshaw ride!! We stopped at a local’s house, but it was
tough to hear the info with Greyson screaming “Neow Neow” at the top of his
lungs. She did have some interesting
animals in her courtyard and played a traditional Chinese instrument for
us. The restroom our Hutong guide took
me to was “very public”, all squattys no doors.
It could have been worse though, at least there was a separate one for
men and women.
We then went to Walking Street, which is a famous place to
shop in Beijing. However, it is very
expensive. Everything is about double
what it costs in the US. People actually
travel to the US to shop for famous brands.
Levis cost about $200, Nikes start at $200, and New Balance start at
$150. Heidi (our guide) also took us to
Food Street. We saw scorpions squirming
on skewers and all sorts of crazy things to eat. It was awesome to experience something we had
only seen on TV and tourist shows. Jayson found the ball thing he has been wanting.
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