Our Beijing Guide -- Cindy

Just Lucy Mae...

Wonderful Gift....

This wonderful gift is from Yan Li... beautiful embroidery work...

Loves Tabasco on her pizza...

She loves the hot stuff... Tabasco on her shrimp & pizza... she even likes ketchup on her fried dough sticks (French toast sticks).....

Look @ those rosy cheeks...

It's pretty cold here.... we have to bundle Lucy Mae up... going to Great Wall & Forbidden Palace tomorrow... it will be a whole 21 degrees with hurling winds (more like 0 or less)... we might chicken out... hold on -  I hear a voice form the bed -- Donna "No WAY am I going out there tomorrow!"

Travel over 6,000 miles to eat @ Pizza Hut! (it was soooo good)

Busy Streets....

God is Great!!!

WOW!!!!!! I am so completely SPEACHLESS, I have NEVER seen a child so full of laughter!!!! and JOY!!!!  we gave her a bath for the VERY first time in her life, and she laughted and just keep having the time of her life, she would like keep lifting up the water and looking at me smiling but mainly laughting....I CAN NOT SAY IT ENOUGH I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED SOMEONE SO FULL OF JOY. She  of course is very very smart, she keep repeating everything we say, ex. she was coloring and I said Lucy Mae look at momma, and she would look then a minute later we would hear her said Lucy Mae look at momma! she talks all night long, and just looks at us in the eyes and we just say I wish I knew what you were saying!! yesterday with one of our interpreters she asked her is momma brought her any clothes and Lucy said HUNDREDS (thanks mom and dad) when she say her clothes she was in awe, the WHOLE day she fixes her her she LOVES headbands and her hair is so short but she will put a small ponytail in the front, with a headband on, she stands infront of the mirror a lot. she always is playing with puting her hair back with her hands. after her bath i could tell she felt so BEAUTIFUL, she really likes to look and feel pretty.
now the heartbreaker....last night as we put her to bed she CRIED AND CRIED Jeff mainly laid with her, for several reason I was so tired I slept some plus I will be with her so much during the days that I want this bonding time for him. she keep talking and talking while she was crying, so we called Cindy our translater and she told us that she was saying she wanting to go back home to the orphanage. This next thing is going to amaze  you!!!!  Bradley bought me an mp3 player about a two years ago and I hardly use (not cause I dont love it but I was have someone saying MOM MOM lol) anyhow I have recorded on there the songs for the states and capitals, one song, come a little closier (thats for jeff and I lol) then the other song ( this is SO GOD) Standing on holy ground, this is NOT  only my favorite Christian song but it was the song that lead me to the LORD!!! it was the very song I stood in church with and said that I choose to follow GODS path for me, I was 16 or 17, so we played this for her after I prayed over her, the ear piece would fall out and almost with a shacking fear she would panic trying to find the ear piece and immediately put it back into her ear, SHE LOVED THE VERY SONG that brought me closier to the LORD, GOD knew what would calm her spirit and soul, ' the translater (who is Christian) asked her by my request do you know JESUS or GOD, she looked at her and shook her head saying NO, wow for a couple of minutes my heart was so SAD for her, but then after my short grieving moment I changed my heart praising  GOD for the honor and the privelege to teach her about GOD and who her LORD and SAVIOR was to be for ETERNITY. SOMETIMES, ACTUALLY A LOT I am so honored and amazed at how much GOD has intrusted Jeff and I with (our barns truely overflow)
Yesterday we had a lot of legal stuff to do (the adoption is TOTALLY different) our translater said that Beijing adoption are so very rare that they only have one maybe two a year...we had to go infront of a judge at the registors office, WOW the lady asked us some very intense questions, at one point she asked if we promise NEVER to abandon or hurt her I just started crying and said never...one lady stood right beside her starring us down very sturn, which is very good, they need to be very careful with who adopts their children... Beijing adoption is so rare bc it is the capital and if any of the chinese people donate money it goes to the orphange she lived in they also educate them very well and most go to university. so the lady ended up really liking us and the one standing next to the judge said to our translator that she was amazed at how well Lucy Mae and I had already bonded and that we could communicate and understand, this is after having her for 2.5 hours. here is some really awesome news Jeff and I (Jeff thought of it) have to decided to name her Lucy Mae YAN Dangler (that is the first name Yan, of the lady that found her) to give her honor and so we will always be rememmbering her)  we will tell her tomorrow, and already told Dennis they gentlement that fought for her to be put into an orphange so we could do her paperwork... and he was SPEECHLESS, that is HUGE for the chinese they are really big on HONOR! today we will have lunch with Yan.  welp that is going to be all for now I LOVE YOU ALL, AND BLESSINGS to each of you from the other side of the world!
Donna

Yan Li

Yan Li is the reason why we're here... Yan saw Xiao Ai's need for a Permanente family -- even if that family was half way round the world.

Yan Li, Donna & Dennis Yang

Dennis really had a tough job -- he worked so diligently to get Lucy Mae into the orphanage system... it took six tries!  I'm glad he's a man of faith and persistence!

 

Another WoW day.....

WOW!!! each day holds such incredible experiences!! Last night after a full
day Yan, Dennis and Yan's sister, took us to the most wonderful restaurant,
they probably ordered 12 dishes, it was a Chinese feast! It was a
bittersweet day, at the end of lunch Lucy Mae started crying and
weeping...she was with a foster home for the last year, (we just learned of
this) and she keep saying that they told her that she was to come back, just
to get her NOT to cry when she left, which left us a lot to work with, but
with GOD and his abundant mercies and grace she is doing much better today
so happy and joyful, skipping, laughing, and all smiles. Last night we took
her swimming and the funniest thing happened, she would CLING to me which
was needed to bond, however she would NOT go near Jeff and we could NOT
understand this (thank heavens for our translator) she can and we asked her
WHY? She told her that the hair on his chest is poking her, (you see Chinese
men basically DO NOT have hair on their chest) we lost it!!! We could
hardly stop laughing!!! When we brought her back to the room we got our
pj's on and she crawled in bed with us and sang her little heart out, she
was so happy and feel right to sleep. Here is some other interesting
knowledge that we needed to hear and will be great facts for you all to
read...When we sat in the lobby and wanted to keep having her sit on our lap
she would sit and then get right up, if you know us the Dangler's are MAJOR
huggers we LOVE to contently be hugging each other. Typically someone is in
my lap at home or sitting in the big chair with Jeff, so again our wonderful
translator (Cindy) asked her why? Lucy Mae said her foster mother told her
as a Chinese respect you do NOT sit on laps of people or cling to them it is
NOT good manners, WOW we are the totally opposite...even our boys at 23, 19,
& 17 still climb into my lap, I will say Bradley doesn't as much now that he
is married, but Andrew, very typically and Dillon, not so much... Lily Mae
all day long, on and off, so TWO very interesting facts. Today we went to
meet Melody, she is the head director of the Children Hope International and
was the key source as well as Dennis...she was so excited to meet Lucy Mae,
this was such a blessing for her she has fought long and hard for this to
happen, so it was a joy and relief to see us!! SHE is so taken by our story
that while she was there she contacted China CBN (China broadcasting
network) and China CNN. She wants the story to go on the air, and would be
shown in America as well. We also meet in her office a Chinese famous rock
star. We then came back to the hotel and Lucy Mae and I ate lunch in the
hotel, we had the whole restaurant to ourselves, very fun and lots of laughs
even with the language barriers, God is preshUS to us! Yan will take us to
the hospital to show us where Lucy Mae lives for a couple of years and then
the staff is taking us to a hotel for a huge going away party for Lucy Mae,
she is so LOVED her EVERYONE has fallen in love with her, mainly Jeff and I.
I cannot tell you the feeling I get when I look into her eyes the
connections fills my soul with immeasurable love. Well we are off to the
market hugs and kisses to all of you.
Side note when we went to change after swimming I meet this wonderfully kind
Chinese women who also spoke English and we shared so much about children,
college and different life styles, as I went to leave I gave her a hug
(which is NOT really done in China, you just shake hands) I said God bless
held her hand and looked her in her eyes and told her that Jesus loved HER
and asked her if she know God or Jesus and she said that she had some
Christian friends and that they would get together and study the bible and
sing songs, (my heart was so elated) I reassured her that she must accept
Jesus in her heart for her to go to heaven and one day see US! This was so
touching I praise God so much for giving me the spirit to witness anywhere
with any language, To GOD be the glory.
GOD'S BLESSINGS FROM CHINA

First day with our preshUS gift

WOW!!!!!! I am so completely SPEACHLESS, I have NEVER seen a child so full of laughter!!!! and JOY!!!!  we gave her a bath for the VERY first time in her life, and she laughted and just keep having the time of her life, she would like keep lifting up the water and looking at me smiling but mainly laughting....I CAN NOT SAY IT ENOUGH I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED SOMEONE SO FULL OF JOY. She  of course is very very smart, she keep repeating everything we say, ex. she was coloring and I said Lucy Mae look at momma, and she would look then a minute later we would hear her said Lucy Mae look at momma! she talks all night long, and just looks at us in the eyes and we just say I wish I knew what you were saying!! yesterday with one of our interpreters she asked her is momma brought her any clothes and Lucy said HUNDREDS (thanks mom and dad) when she say her clothes she was in awe, the WHOLE day she fixes her her she LOVES headbands and her hair is so short but she will put a small ponytail in the front, with a headband on, she stands infront of the mirror a lot. she always is playing with puting her hair back with her hands. after her bath i could tell she felt so BEAUTIFUL, she really likes to look and feel pretty.

 

Now the heartbreaker....last night as we put her to bed she CRIED AND CRIED Jeff mainly laid with her, for several reason I was so tired I slept some plus I will be with her so much during the days that I want this bonding time for him. she keep talking and talking while she was crying, so we called Cindy our translater and she told us that she was saying she wanting to go back home to the orphanage. This next thing is going to amaze  you!!!!  Bradley bought me an mp3 player about a two years ago and I hardly use (not cause I dont love it but I was have someone saying MOM MOM lol) anyhow I have recorded on there the songs for the states and capitals, one song, come a little closier (thats for jeff and I lol) then the other song ( this is SO GOD) Standing on holy ground, this is NOT  only my favorite Christian song but it was the song that lead me to the LORD!!! it was the very song I stood in church with and said that I choose to follow GODS path for me, I was 16 or 17, so we played this for her after I prayed over her, the ear piece would fall out and almost with a shacking fear she would panic trying to find the ear piece and immediately put it back into her ear, SHE LOVED THE VERY SONG that brought me closier to the LORD, GOD knew what would calm her spirit and soul, ' the translater (who is Christian) asked her by my request do you know JESUS or GOD, she looked at her and shook her head saying NO, wow for a couple of minutes my heart was so SAD for her, but then after my short grieving moment I changed my heart praising  GOD for the honor and the privilege to teach her about GOD and who her LORD and SAVIOR was to be for ETERNITY. SOMETIMES, ACTUALLY A LOT I am so honored and amazed at how much GOD has entrusted Jeff and I with (our barns truly overflow)

 

Yesterday we had a lot of legal stuff to do (the adoption is TOTALLY different) our translator said that Beijing adoption are so very rare that they only have one maybe two a year...we had to go in front of a judge at the registers office, WOW the lady asked us some very intense questions, at one point she asked if we promise NEVER to abandon or hurt her I just started crying and said never...one lady stood right beside her starring us down very stern, which is very good, they need to be very careful with who adopts their children... Beijing adoption is so rare by it is the capital and if any of the Chinese people donate money it goes to the orphanage she lived in they also educate them very well and most go to university. so the lady ended up really liking us and the one standing next to the judge said to our translator that she was amazed at how well Lucy Mae and I had already bonded and that we could communicate and understand, this is after having her for 2.5 hours. here is some really awesome news Jeff and I (Jeff thought of it) have to decided to name her Lucy Mae YAN Dangler (that is the first name Yan, of the lady that found her) to give her honor and so we will always be remembering her)  we will tell her tomorrow, and already told Dennis they gentlemen that fought for her to be put into an orphanage so we could do her paperwork... and he was SPEECHLESS, that is HUGE for the Chinese they are really big on HONOR! today we will have lunch with Yan.  whelp that is going to be all for now I LOVE YOU ALL, AND BLESSINGS to each of you from the other side of the world.

Bed Time... sad

Well all has being well and still is... 6:30 pm - I believe that Lucy Mae just realized that she's not going back to the orphanage... she just started crying (so sad) and we cannot understand her words... but we can see in her tears that she loves her caregivers at the orphanage... we can hear the sadness in her crying that she misses her friends back at the orphanage -- this is a lot for a five year old to endure... God Bless her!

It is official -- Lucy Mae Yan Dangler!!

Lucy Mae is doing very well with the transition...  I could not have planned it any better.  She is soooo bubbly and funny.  She has not shed a tear... she has not stopped having fun...

this is a blessing.... She just had a bath... brushed her teeth and now relaxing with mama.

Less than 8 hours

Lucy Mae will be bought to our hotel in less than 8 hours.... now that's room service!

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The time is here!!!

Well it is 12:15am, we just finished packing... I walked out into the family room and there laid sissy sound asleep...right in front of the fireplace in her fuzzy pj's and shinny new blue fingernail polish, some moments are meant to be treasured for a lifetime, and this is a moment to which I will file away forever...she could NOT go to sleep earlier she is too excited about us going to China so we can bring home her Christmas present, her best friend for LIFE, Lucy Mae Dangler, home(as most of you know we did NOT do Christmas presents, we used our Christmas money for the adoption)  Well hang on for the next 20 days and be prepared for a variety of emotional...As most of who stay in touch with me on a regular basics know that this journey will be NO different from life at home meaning WE serve an INCREDIBLE, AWESOME GOD that continuously shows himself to us, so grab on to the train as we venture into the workings of GOD OUR FATHER...if by chance your faith is NOT in God, stay tuned because YOU will witness through our postings how God works miricles in our life.  God will show his SOVERNITY to a couple that puts  ALL of their hope, faith, trust and love in GOD!

How God chose the "DANGLERS" 2 B my family

This is my sissy Lily Mae, she is already a Dangler!! Lily Mae was adopted in 2007, from China as well.  So here goes my story of how God chose the Danglers to become my new family.  My parents were wanting to adopt again.... and my sister Lily Mae had NO idea about my parents decision, my father keep saying "Donna" we should go back to China and her response was "Jeff it takes 4-6 years, and that is too long, for us...so with that my mother got an application for adoption from Ethiopia, and filled them out...In the meantime my mother was explaining to LilyMae how it is so important to listen to your heart that God speaks to us in order to lead us in his direction for his future plans that he has for us!  About a week later my sister was outside watering the flowers in the front yard and my mother and father were sitting on the chairs, drinking coffee (not an unusual scence from what I hear, LOL) and Lily Mae put her hand on her heart and said "MOM"! shhhhh God is speaking to me...with excitement written all over her face Lily Mae said "mom" God said I am going to have a sister, well Jeff and I just said OH OK!!!  That was on a Friday night, that next Sunday Jeff stayed home (which was Fathers Day) because Lily Mae was not feeling so well, around noon, while we were still in church... Jeff got a call from a co-worker (Jane Peng) who was raised in Beijing, China and her best friend from college was in the Beijing hospital recieving treatment when she befriended a little girl, who was Me, "the future Ms. Lucy Mae Dangler"  Janes friend had called her and asked if she know anyone who would be interested in adopting this little girl who was abandoned 4 years ago, at the Beijing hospital, her mother had died and left little Xiao-Ai in the hospital and the nurses and doctors had been raising her (for 4 years).  We immediately said YES, what a blessing!  My mother had NO idea where to begin... I was NOT in the system and how was I going to get adopted?????  My mother went to the computer and prayed "Lord I have no idea where to begin, to bring Xiao-Ai home and to become our daughter... we want so deperately to give her a home, we do not have the funds available but have all the love in the world and I have already placed her in my heart as our child, please provide the means and direction to bring her home, In Jesus' Name, Amen... with that I typed adoption agencies and found CHI, they had a gentlemen in Beijing, China who was only going to be with the agency there for about 4  months and he worked so hard to get Xiao-Ai in the system and into an orphange (believe me this was an act of God) it was a huge task at hand and this gentlemen gave it all he had, two days before he left they were able to move her into an orphange so we could do our paperwork, and raise the needed funds.  God is so faithful!!  Before she went to the orphange Jane's husband works for the Louisville water company and had to go to Beijing for work (another God moment) so we bought a doll for her (it is just like Lily Mae's) and sent it to China along with family photos that we had just had taken!!! I had them laminated and put on a key ring so she could carry them with her everywhere she goes, in the picutures of her on her blog you can see her holding on to our photos, the nurses and doctors said that she got the doll and pictures a day before she went to the orphange, again GODS perfect timing!!!!! The nurses and doctors said that she went through the five floors of the hospital saying I am going to America and now I have a family!!!!!   Let me just say God makes the impossible, POSSIBLE!!!!

PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR JOURNEY!

If you noticed in the upper right hand corner there is a paypal account, please donate for the expenses involved in bringing me home, my parents are in need of 15,000 dollars every dollar counts, May God Bless you and yours!!!