Adoption Status Update

This past month (January) the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) matched babies with families whose applications were received March 1 and 2, 2006. It may have been a relatively short month of matching because the CCAA worked to get this batch of referrals out before they close for the Spring Festival holiday (a.k.a. Chinese New Year) next week.

Climb, sister, climb!

My sister is currently in Egypt on a cross-cultural trip for school (the Lancaster Theological Seminary). Today she's slated to be visiting St. Catherine's Monastery and climbing Mt. Sinai. According to the Internet, the traditional Mount Sinai is actually the name of a collection of peaks, sometimes referred to as the Holy Mountains. This peak is traditionally considered to be biblical place where Moses communicated with God and received the Ten Commandments. It also has considerable religious significance to Islam as the place where Mohammed's horse, Boraq, ascended to heaven.

She's also been snorkeling in the Red Sea on this trip! I am sure there's much education going on during this trip as well. I just want to see pictures upon her return!

Honoring George Fabik

There is a page on the George 1 Recovery Project web site that honors my dear friend's father, George Fabik, who spent the last few years of his life working tirelessly to bring home the remains of three Navy men who died when their plane crashed in Antarctica in 1946. The main part of the George 1 Recovery Project site tells the story of the George 1, discusses its mission, details the crash and deaths of Ensign Max Lopez, navigator, Aviation Radioman 1st Class Bud Hendersin, radioman, and Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Fred Williams, flight engineer. It also outlines the plans of the George 1 Repatriation Mission and their efforts to bring these men home.

Mr. Fabik always seemed to be doing good deeds, sharing good stories, and/or showing an interest in and caring about others. This project is one shining example of his talent for thinking of others in pursuit of a noble cause. Bravo!