"As cold waters to a thirsty soul . . .

. . .so is good news from a far country." Proverbs 25:25

My morning started with the most wonderful update on my waiting daughter. . .

As I have mentioned, my Yahoo Group friend Tracy is in China now to bring home her daughter, Katie. Kate has been Teddi's big sister at the orphanage and has lovingly cared for her, along side the nannies. Yesterday Tracy and Katie journeyed back to Zhuhai (from Guangzhou) for a visit to the orphanage. Tracy had promised that she would see Teddi and take new pictures of her . . . and that she did! But there was a glitch . . . . . After the visit Tracy gave her memory card to a shopkeeper so that he could pull a picture off to do a stone etching from the card. The shopkeeper wrangled the card when it got stuck in the card reader and when Tracy received it back most of the photos she had taken, including all of the ones of Teddi, were gone. Tracy was devastated, as you can imagine . . . she had taken pictures for three of us moms that are waiting, and also of her Katie's last visit. Of course I was disappointed, but I felt much worse for Tracy's loss than my own. After Tracy had sadly explained what had happened, she went on to describe her visit with each of our waiting daughters. And this is what she had to say about Teddi . . .

"Tina- I am overwhelmed with the peace that your daughter feels at the orphanage. She willingly and happily goes to all of the care takers. I asked if I could pick her up, but when I went to she let out a very quiet eh...so I respected that. She posed for MANY pictures with her beautiful shy look and even smiled when I tickled her. She blew me kisses and waved like a beauty queen while saying "hello" in English. Then she let Katie pick her up and I got more photos. I had at least20 :( I am sorry, but just know that your beauty queen is so darling...princess like and what a beautiful face. She is about a size 3. She seems tall for her age? But not too skinny...perfect! I was told she will need dental work because of the palate, but you probably already know that! You are one lucky and blessed person to be her mom ... you will be so happy when you arrive here! She knows you love her and are coming for her. She kissed me on the cheek! It was sweet!"

Wow . . . They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Today, Tracy my friend, your words were worth more than a thousand pictures. Your words made all the pictures that I already have of my daughter, come to life . . . she said, "Hello" . . . she smiled . . . and waved . . . and showed love for her caretakers . . . and she knows that I'm coming for her!

As cold waters to a thirsty soul so is good news from a far country. . .

I am grateful . . . and I am ready to go meet my girl!

Blessings~

Tina