Linda is in Xuwen!

I received this message this morning. Linda will be looking for and taking pictures of the "finding places" while we sleep tonight. Pray that she is able to find all of them. It is such a precious bit of information about our daughters' pasts. We know very little about them before they were found, so this info is very special!

Most of you are aware of this already, but it bears repeating. Steve and I have decided to keep Lily's finding place private. This way she has some ownership of her past. SHe will be able to choose who, when about realeasing that information.

"This is Linda's husband, Paul.Linda arrived in Xuwen this morning (East Coast U.S. Time). There was a concern that due to the recent typhoon in the area, the ferries crossing the straight from Haikou may not be running. Fortunately,the weather was okay and the ferries were operating.

Linda is staying at the Sunny Bay Hot Spring Resort which overlooksthe South China Sea. It is very warm and humid. At 9:00 p.m. this evening (East Coast U.S. Time, 9:00 a.m. Thursday morning China time) she will go to the Xuwen SWI to start her day. She will do her best to get as many of the finding location photos taken as possible.

She will also give the requests for the post cards from Xuwen to the Orphange Director so that they can be mailed. She has about 20 cards to mail and about 10 finding locations to visit. Linda plans to spend the entire day in Xuwen and then return to Guangzhou the next day. We will let you know how things go. Best Wishes,Paul & Linda Fielding"