Backdoor

Cannot believe I found a way to get into bl*gger! Everything is blocked here. Y*utube has been gone for a month. Bl*gger and Typ*pad have been gone for about a week. Although I found a way in I can't post pictures, I really want to share Abbey's birthday party and our safari trip, but it will have to wait until the f*rewall goes down. Anyway, Abbey is still in the process of getting better. She had a really bad Augmentin rash for over a week after she finished her antibiotics. She still has some eye infection but everything else is getting back to normal. We had a major visa problem last week. We were headed to Hong Kong and ended up getting stopped at the border and spent the day at the police station. It's all getting worked out but it cost us a fortune. We hope to have new visas within a week. Someday I'll explain it all but not now. The next day Abbey set up a little table at home and was stamping and checking visas all day. She is so funny. Her new favorite thing is for me to sing, "Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you. I can't help myself, I want you and nobody else." She loves it! She's been saying lots of cute things. We have a bridge going over the koi pond that we cross each morning and she tells me, "Don't step on the 'cwaps', or the bears will get you!" And she's left me in the dust with her Chinese. For the longest time she was speaking in her own pseudo-Chinese, but about a month ago I started noticing people interacting with her in Chinese and they were really communicating. I started asking people for translation on different words she was telling me, and sure enough they were all the real deal. So now she teaches me new words and phrases each week. It's funny too because I will say something to someone in Chinese and they don't understand me at all and then she will repeat it (with the right pronunciation) and suddenly they understand. She is by no means fluent or even really conversational, but she has made a break through and is gaining momentum. Some of our relationships are beginning to bear fruit too and I am excited about the opportunities we are having to share our Joy with others. We would love for you to partner with us in lifting up these friends. Your comments and emails are such an encouragement!