It's official! Jiang Yufei is now Steven Yufei Nauss. And we have the photo to prove it. Of course we also have starbucks photos too but that's for another story. We also visited with the official government Notary to authenticate all the documents we need for the rest of our journey. Tomorrow at 8:00 AM we travel by car 5-6 hours south to Wenzhou to begin the application for Steven's passports. We'll stay the night in Wenzhou and then leave in the morning for our return trip to Hangzhou. Our Christmas day will be traveling. Then on Friday we will do a little sightseeing in Hangzhou (Paradise City as known to the people here) before we board an evening flight for Guangzhou, the last leg of the journey. Guangzhou (formerly Canton) is where the US Consulate is located and all adoptions by Americans must be completed. Citizenship papers begin there.
I learned today that Steven Yufei is the 107th child in the Zhejiang province to be adopted internationally this year. I wonder how many are abandoned every year? Are we making progress? At least we are making a difference in one child's life.
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Congratulations to you all that everything is official! We will be praying for safe travels as you get the passport pictures and do some sightseeing and then travel on to Guangzhou. We look forward to meeting you in Guangzhou! We pray God will bless your family in a very special way this Christmas Day...Merry Christmas from the Millers - Hank, Cheryl, Kelsey, Kennan and Kylie in Guangzhou.
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