Jade Market Adventure
After we changed rooms for the last time, we put Jadeyn down for her nap. Around 4:30pm Helen called us and said she was ready to take us to the Jade Market. So we loaded everyone in two taxi cabs and went to the Jade Market. We then proceeded to the Electronics Store to purchase a camera that we will give to Miata’s orphanage when we visit it on Wednesday.
If you remember on one of our earlier blogs, we shared how God’s hand was at work in many amazing ways that we had not even imagined! Here is another glimpse of a “second” miraculous way He has answered prayer. Shortly before we traveled to China I emailed Ms. Tang (Orphanage Director - Miata’s) and told her we planned to visit the orphanage again while we were in Guangzhou. I had asked her if there was anything the orphanage was in need of and she told me of a specific camera that they would love to have. Ms. Tang is phenomenal in that she actually corresponds (via email) with families waiting for their child and she will even send pictures and updated information on your child. Anyways, I assume the camera they had must have gotten broken for them to ask for another. Well, the problem was that this camera was more than we could afford so and I didn’t know what to do. I really wanted to be able to give them what they requested so after much prayer, I decided to post on the orphanage yahoo group and ask if anyone would like to donate to purchase Ms. Tang this camera. To our amazement, the Lord blessed us with not only enough to buy the camera but money left that we were able to purchase the children many school supplies, color crayons, coloring books, glue, pencils, pens, folders, stickers, etc. We are so excited and can’t wait to return to Foshan Nanahi Orphanage on Wednesday August 30th and give them these gifts! To God be the glory!!
Now back to our Jade Market trip. While we were in the Electronics Store purchasing the camera it started pouring down rain. We waited in the store for the rain to stop and then went outside of the store to try and catch a taxi back to our hotel. We then found out that in a city of 9 million people, you cannot find a taxi when it is raining. Actually you can find them all over the roads, they just aren’t available! So after standing for about 10 minutes Helen had us cross over to the other side of the road to try and flag one down. After standing on that side of the road for about 20 minutes we decided that we would just start walking back to our hotel which was about a 30 minute walk from the store. We hoped we would be able to flag down a taxi on the way back to the hotel as it was now about 7:00 and dark! So we started down the main road and then we turned and went down side streets that were dark, wet and somewhat scary. Here were 5 women, two children and Tim hiking through the back roads/allies of Guangzhou in the light rain. We knew when we started down the side streets that we were not going to find a taxi and we were going to have to walk all the way entire way back to the hotel. We finally reached Shamian Island and guess what? There sat an available taxi!!! We waved him on and told him no thanks that we would continue to walk as it was just 5 more minutes. We got back to our hotel around 7:30pm. Everyone was tired, wet and hungry. We went back to our room to order a pizza from Danny’s Bagel only to find out that they closed at 7:30 (if only we could have walked faster. LOL!) So Tim went down to Lucy’s and got us something to eat and we spent the remainder of the night in the room. 48 more hours to go!!
You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed. Psalm 10:17-18
If you remember on one of our earlier blogs, we shared how God’s hand was at work in many amazing ways that we had not even imagined! Here is another glimpse of a “second” miraculous way He has answered prayer. Shortly before we traveled to China I emailed Ms. Tang (Orphanage Director - Miata’s) and told her we planned to visit the orphanage again while we were in Guangzhou. I had asked her if there was anything the orphanage was in need of and she told me of a specific camera that they would love to have. Ms. Tang is phenomenal in that she actually corresponds (via email) with families waiting for their child and she will even send pictures and updated information on your child. Anyways, I assume the camera they had must have gotten broken for them to ask for another. Well, the problem was that this camera was more than we could afford so and I didn’t know what to do. I really wanted to be able to give them what they requested so after much prayer, I decided to post on the orphanage yahoo group and ask if anyone would like to donate to purchase Ms. Tang this camera. To our amazement, the Lord blessed us with not only enough to buy the camera but money left that we were able to purchase the children many school supplies, color crayons, coloring books, glue, pencils, pens, folders, stickers, etc. We are so excited and can’t wait to return to Foshan Nanahi Orphanage on Wednesday August 30th and give them these gifts! To God be the glory!!
Now back to our Jade Market trip. While we were in the Electronics Store purchasing the camera it started pouring down rain. We waited in the store for the rain to stop and then went outside of the store to try and catch a taxi back to our hotel. We then found out that in a city of 9 million people, you cannot find a taxi when it is raining. Actually you can find them all over the roads, they just aren’t available! So after standing for about 10 minutes Helen had us cross over to the other side of the road to try and flag one down. After standing on that side of the road for about 20 minutes we decided that we would just start walking back to our hotel which was about a 30 minute walk from the store. We hoped we would be able to flag down a taxi on the way back to the hotel as it was now about 7:00 and dark! So we started down the main road and then we turned and went down side streets that were dark, wet and somewhat scary. Here were 5 women, two children and Tim hiking through the back roads/allies of Guangzhou in the light rain. We knew when we started down the side streets that we were not going to find a taxi and we were going to have to walk all the way entire way back to the hotel. We finally reached Shamian Island and guess what? There sat an available taxi!!! We waved him on and told him no thanks that we would continue to walk as it was just 5 more minutes. We got back to our hotel around 7:30pm. Everyone was tired, wet and hungry. We went back to our room to order a pizza from Danny’s Bagel only to find out that they closed at 7:30 (if only we could have walked faster. LOL!) So Tim went down to Lucy’s and got us something to eat and we spent the remainder of the night in the room. 48 more hours to go!!
You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed. Psalm 10:17-18
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