When you go to adopt from China, you have to give a donation to the orphanage. It is a monetary sum that is spelled out. Besides that, you are encouraged to bring gifts for administrators, nannies, and other officials. Sometimes, they in turn will give you a gift. During Michelle's adoption, we were given a vase made in the Jaingxi region. It was very nice.
The last adoption, we brought things the orphanage could use. This time will be not different. We have various things to bring. I have even decided to bring some Beanie Babies for the children. We'll see how much we can bring. Today, we received an email from Air China. It was in Pinyin (Chinese Characters). Angie did a translation and found out that we are being limited to one check on bag per person. I think we can handle that. In Harbin, we will be able to get another suitcase to add to our bags. When we go to Guangzhou, we may be able to pick up another, if we need it. We'll have to see the limits for Canton Air and Japan Air.
If you do donate things to the orphanage, they like new things and gently used. As for gifts, they tell us to buy things that you can find/made in America. That can be hard. You don't realize how much comes from China until you have to do this kind of search.
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