Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Aloha From The Moore's

Aloha,

We are Bill & Amanda and we live in Hawaii. We started this blog to chronicle our journey to Vietnam to adopt our child. We are adopting a girl, her Vietnamese name is Thuy. Thuy is currently in an orphanage in Lang Son Vietnam. Lang Son is a province in Northern Vietnam on the border of China. Our precious baby girl was born January 20, 2007.

We enjoyed so much reading the blogs of those who traveled before us that we wanted to do the same. It is such a wonderful way for your family and friends to be part of such a special and momentous occasion in your life and for others who are about to make that same journey to learn and travel along with us.

We took this picture in Waikiki (which we never visit unless we have guests). We are standing in front of the famous Duke statue. Duke Paoa Kahanamoku is considered the father of modern surfing as well as an Ambassador of Aloha. His back is to the ocean as he faces Waikiki, which is quite controversial here in Hawaii. Everybody knows you should never turn your back on the ocean.
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6 comments:

Kerry D-C said...

I am so happy to follow your journey! Great picture of the 2 of you!
Kerry

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing your blog with us. Reading your words on ours during the journey to bring Olivia home was a tremendous source of encouragment and we plan to do the same for you all during your journey! Won't be long now until you are on your way...can't wait!

Melissa, Scott, Maddox and Olivia

Anonymous said...

Amanda & Bill,
We are so excited for you!! We are looking forward to following your journey and meeting Baby Moore. We love you both, Aunt Kathryn & Uncle Lance

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful journey with our family. We are so excited about being able to follow you as you bring precious baby Thuy home. It won't be much longer--love to all of you!
Aunt Cindy, Uncle Wayne, Levi and Brandon

Anonymous said...

I am so happy for the two of you--what an exciting time! I am really looking forward to sharing your journey with you. Can't wait to see pictures of you with your baby girl! All the best!
Lisa

Anonymous said...

Thanks for sharing all the news about baby THUY.We are all excited for the three of you can't hardly wait for you to go.Guess what Thuy was borned on Randy's birthday.Iknow she will be so loved by everyone.We are praying for you.LOTS OF LOVE,AUNT Ruth and family