Saturday March 19th

Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:51 pm.
What a day we had today. We started with a wonderful call very early this morning that Eric & Donna have their referral! YEAH!!!! We’re so excited and thrilled for them. Their daughter Hannah’s birthday is today, Happy Birthday Hannah!
We visited the Pearl Factory with the group today, it was more expensive than the Pearl Market but we were able to see the pearls right in the shell and learn more about pearls in general. We then did a quick walk through of the Summer Palace and off to the Great Wall it is definitely a great wall. We all (Robin, John, Andy, Doug and I) made it up to the first outlook, then Robin, John and Doug kept going (and going and going and going), it was really amazing to see all the work that has gone into the wall and its amazing that people climbed it on a regular basis and defended it.
Tomorrow we’re off to Guangzhou with the 5 other families that have daughters in Suixi and then on Monday we finally get Taylor, it looks like its going to be in the afternoon here so it should be around mid-night at home. We don’t have anything exciting scheduled so I may not be writing until Monday. We’ve kept Doug on his toes with meals, tours and trying to keep the camera empty (we’ve already filled 256 mb of pictures!)
Miss you all!
Love, Sharon