Today is Sunday and we spent the day thankful to the LORD for his great provision here. We toured another garden but cut the stroll short because the stairs were just too much for stroller-bound babies. The gardens here are more like preserved forests full of bamboo, lotus, enormous trees, and assorted plants and flowers. The park we toured today had the Guangzhou famed goat sculpture. Guangzhou means city of the goat. An old tale tells of a goat bringing rice in his mouth from afar to end the famine that struck this city centuries ago.
After the park, we shopped the local "Woo"-Mart again picking up assorted candies for the orphanage we will visit tomorrow, Monday. Thereafter we drove down the street to a the Mei Hua Pearl Company. It's there that we shopped for fresh-water pearls that were hand strung while we waited. It is said that Guangzhou is the province for the pearl. People fly from Beijing to shop for pearls here. I was very happy to have the opportunity to have two special sets made for Elizabeth and Rachel. When they turn 18, they will receive a matching necklace, bracelet, and earrings. I enjoyed a set too from my sweetie as an early Christmas gift. It's amazing how little you pay here for such extravagance. It really was a nice and special experience; one I was waiting for. Now I just wonder what the day will be like when we get to present them to our daughters. :o)
Since we must get up at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow, we'll say goodnight for now, but will post one more thing about the orphanage. Love!
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