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Published: September 4th 2010
Julia Rose An Campbell
Taken at about 9 months of age.This is the story of how the Campbells finally found their daughter Julia Rose An. We've been looking for her for over 3 years now!
(We're a bit on the slow side that way.)
We checked in every room, under every bed, inside every closet, and even in the dusty space behind the fridge.
Goodness Gracious! We looked
everywhere for that little girl! Finally, we got an unexpected phone call from some nice folks who explained everything. Turns out she was in China all this time. Who knew?
So after a momentary consult with the National Geographic World mega-map hanging in the living room, we could begin to see how this was going to work. At least how we
think it's going to work. (That's another thing; This whole searching-for-your-kid journey is a humbling business that hammers home the bit about us not really being in control of much in the universe except ourselves.)
Expedition Julia goes something like this:
Shannon & Jim take Emma and Joshua from Denver to Seattle where they meet up with Grandparents Sandy & Jim Sr. (aka GrandSandy & Popeye!). From Seattle, all 6 of us will fly to Beijing. We're hoping to visit the Great Wall and the Forbidden City while we're there and some super nice folks have already offered to sell us some tickets to the closing ceremonies of the Olympics! (They were pricey but we were promised the seats are great! And to think that we had no idea the Beijing Olympics were even still going!?! Can't wait!!)
After Beijing, we travel to Zhengzhou (Jung-JOE), a city you've undoubtedly heard of, traveled to, and are intimately familiar with.
Or not.
In any case, this city is in the middle of China and this is where we will meet our sweet little Baby Julia!
After hanging out in Zhengzhou for the better part of a week, we head to Guangzhou (Gwang-JOE), a city in southern China with which you're all again completely familiar I'm sure.
The U.S. Consulate is in Guangzhou and this is where the colossal bureaucratic throw-down prize fight event of the entire adoptive process will occur, matching in one corner of the ring a post 9/11 TSA-Crazed U.S. State Department against the undisputed largest Communist Bureaucracy on Planet Earth in the other corner.
The end result of this is supposed to be that a Chinese born orphan baby girl of uncertain origin and estimated age is transformed into a fully fledged citizen of the USA at the moment she takes her first step onto American soil.
We'll keep you posted!
JC
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Sherry
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Great Blog!
Jim, you are a FABULOUS writer. I enjoy your humor. So excited you are on this journey. I will be praying for attachment, health, and peace.