Sunday in Guangzhou - Blessings and Shopping

Today we started off the day with a trip to Six Banyan Buddhist Temple in Guangzhou. After touring the grounds and looking in on the various halls, the babies were blessed by a monk. It was special to see the ritual and experience the ceremony. We placed a jade necklace around her neck for the ceremony. The same necklace will be worn for her baptism at our church.

This is Roberta now.  Our little "Daddy's girl" just woke up from her nap and wanted to play with her Baba.

After the visit to the temple, we went to a pearl market in the downtown area of Guangzhou. This market was huge and we had less than an hour to shop.  We bought some special gifts for Audrey's 16th birthday, etc as well as some Christmas gifts for our family.

We were back to the White Swan in time for lunch and then a little more shopping. We were on a mission to buy the all important Chinese dress for the Red Couch picture which our group is taking on Tuesday December 14th at 11:30!  Audrey will be wearing a royal blue dress.  We bought squeaky shoes and many more holiday gifts for family.  Oh and we picked up our laundry too.  Chinese laundry is fantastic!

Tonight our guide Ike is taking us to a family style dinner.  Our Consulate appointment is tomorrow.