Mirabelle is here!!

Well, it took several long hours of hanging out in the cell phone waiting lot at Tampa International, but Mirabelle make it here early Friday, July 27th! When she saw me she was so excited she ran to hug me!!

After over 24 hours of solid travel, our Chinese "daughter" is here to spend her entire Junior year at North Port High School. Over the past few days she been doing a lot of sleeping, trying new foods, bought her first pair on sunglasses and is tuning her ear to the English language. At the moment, she depends on me to clairfy everything she is hearing (I guess all that studying of English language learners in grad school is paying off), but her spoken English is getting better every day! She is  very excited to meet other American teenagers, LOVES playing with Gena and even gave Tabetha a bath last night.

Last night I helped her set up her own FB page, which she chose to have in English, not Chinese! So if you are on FB look her up, Mirabelle Wu, NPHS Class of 2014. She would love to have more friends! This week we are headed to get her an American cell phone, buy some school clothes, and hopefully get her enrolled in classes, wish us luck!!!


Blessings,

Dawn