Thank you for your interest in our adoption process and our family. This page serves as the table of contents to the story of our adoption journey to bring home John, our eldest son. I hope you enjoy reading about our adventures in the Philippines.
The record of our journey to the Philippines
- Thur, 9/26/2008: Departing the US
- Fri, 9/27/2008: Our Flight to Manila and Safely Arrived in Manila
- Sat, 9/28/2008: How God Provided for our Travel to the Philippines and Mother Maximus vs. the Jetlag
- Sun, 9/29/2008: An Unexpected Day of Rest
- Mon, 9/30/2008: Ice Cold Bus Ride and Laoag City
- Tue, 10/1/2008: Meeting John-John, A Virtual Tour of Shekinah Home, and There was Evening and there was Morning the First Day
- Wed, 10/2/2008: A Day at the Beach
- Thur, 10/3/2008: Outing to Laoag City
- Fri, 10/4/2008: New Children at Shekinah and A Day with the Whittles
- Sat, 10/5/2008: Our Last Day at Shekinah, John’s First Plane Ride, and the Blocks Return to Manila
- Sun, 10/6/2008: John’s First Day in the Big City
- Mon, 10/7/2008: “Gotchya Day” Zero
- Tue, 10/8/2008: Chosen Children Village, Dinner with the Ramos Family, and Minor Disaster Averted
- Wed, 10/9/2008: Our Last Day in the Philippines and Death by Pink Laptop and Windows Vista
- Thur, 10/10/2008: Coming to America and America meet John-John, John-John meet America
My observations of the Philippines
- Observation 1: The socioeconomic conditions of the country
- Observation 2: The weather
- Observation 3: The People
- Observation 4: The roads, vehicles and general driving conditions
- Observation 5: The Food
- Observation 6: The technology
- Observation 7: The language
- Observation 8: The diverse cultures
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