Amazing Grace !!!!!

Today we attended a Christian English worship service with all the other families in our group. We were really anxious about going because Olivia has been a little pistol britches about sitting still and being in one place. As soon as we walked into church and started singing really loud, she was just fine. Tears came to our eyes as we were singing "Give thanks with a grateful heart" with all these strange Chinese people knowing we were singing about the same almighty God. It was so good to be in church. The first picture is the inside the church service and the second is in front of the church with another angel God has sent our way. We were at the hotel eating breakfast and she just walked straight up to our table and told us she lived in California, but had been a nanny at the orphanage. We told her about some of the problems we were having with Olivia and she gave us some comforting tips for her. Olivia went straight to her and she's usually scared of strange people. The next picture is actually of ME holding her inside the hotel. It's really pretty!!! The hotel, not me!!! That's a waterfall behind me. The dress she has on is a six months and if you look closely you can see it's a little big for her. I love this picture because she's started to stick her tongue out and say dah........ The last one is of her daddy getting her to sleep!! We sat her on the bed today and played with her about forty-five minutes. I sat behind her so she knew somone was right there beside her. That's the problem we've fought all week, not letting us put her down to play with her without her screaming. We have prayed and I know you have at home that God would continue to replace her fear with trust. We went out to eat with all the other families tonight at a Chinese restaurant, it was really good. We had tons of foood.. spicy beef, sweet and sour chicken (with bones-blah) noodles with egg plant (I liked it, Tyler didn't) some type of beans with pumpkin (sounds strange, but good) and congee which is like a chicken soup. We did a brave and stupid thing last night. We decided we would come in from the pool and go to McDonalds. I haven't been able to eat at all and needed some good Amercanized fried food. We hopped into a cab and went to a McDonald's with absolutely NO AMERICANS IN SIGHT BUT US!!!! Talk about some really strange looks. Afte that we tried to flag down a taxi to get back and got pretty scared because it took about thirty minutes to get someone to actually stop. Our guide told us to always take her with us the next time and we should have know better. When we came in tonight we walked out by the pool and sat just a little to play this silly duck game we've started. As I was quacking like a duck and trying to tickle her, she actually giggled out loud. All of a sudden Tyler says "Listen!!!!!!" In the background someone was singing "Amazing Grace". In communist China, Amazing Grace!!!!! No other song was played after that, so you can totally uderstand the tears that came next. God has given us so much grace during this process and has shown us that it's not about us or anything we can do. It's all about Him revealing who He is and how He works on our behalf through this child. It has been amazing. I haven' t been able to read my posts from you all (have no idea why, interent here is funny) but my Mom has read them to me. I can't begin to tell you how close it makes us feel to home knowing that people love us so much to offer such wisdom and prayers for us. Please keep posting, second hand information is better than none at all. Tate, I did read where you learned to say hello in Chinese and yes, we are going to take a cruise down the Guangzhou River sometime this next week!!! If you find anything else for us to do, let me know!!! Please continue to pray for us, we have two more weeks left. Pray for Olivia's heart most of all. We love you and miss you something terribly!!!!