** Adoption countdown: 8 days until Pam, Terry and Matthew return home **
ZHENGZHOU, China (Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008, 10:20 p.m.) – Today we will finally learn all the details about how our son came to be as resident of an orphanage in Henan Province.
Well, we may not learn everything.
We are expected to get a copy of Matthew’s abandonment certificate, which, essentially, is a newspaper ad with his face asking the public for any information. The ad will list information about Matthew including where he was found.
Aside from that, it will offer no new clues into his life. I think the home where he stayed in Beijing the past year has provided us a good bit of information about the last year.
And if you ask me that’s more than I ever would have expected. This at least gives us a chance to flesh out what his life was like in Beijing; at some point he will begin asking questions about his life.
Also on tap for Thursday: We plan to walk down to the city’s shopping district, which isn’t too far from the hotel.
And we will receive all final paperwork from Henan Province, which we must take to Guangzhou in order to file the necessary forms to obtain his entrance visa.
Now, as I have said before, this next leg of the trip in Guangzhou is just as important, as time consuming and as tedious as anything else we have adoption-related the past week.
So, until later today, I will leave you with this great photo of Matthew letting Pam brush his teeth.
Have a great day – I’m going to bed.
Copyright 2008 by Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.
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