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Hey Gang,

We're winding things down in Nanchang, the Trenton of Jiangxi.  Today Jenny, our guide/lifesaver, gave us notarized copies of Jingle's Chinese birth certificate, certificate of abandonment (she was found at the gate of a farm, which is now an office tower or something tall and covered in glass and concrete) and our official adoption certificate.  Tomorrow we pick up Jingle's Chinese passport and another document that I don't know the use for.  Armed with those, we can hop a short flight (shortest of the 7 on this trip!) to Guangzhou (aka Canton).  That's where we'll apply for Jinglei's US visa, which will take us up to next Thursday.   That's too bad because the homesickness/fatigue really set in yesterday (Day 11).

It's the little things we miss like ice water, air conditioning and driving the right way down a 1-way street.