We ARE headed to China!!!!!

Oh my goodness. God is sooooo amazing. We bought our plane tickets yesterday for October 25th. I was happy to purchase them but at the same time felt sad because I knew it made our trip on the 25th of Oct final and probably wouldnt change (I was still hoping for a miracle). Anyway, I prayed that if God wanted us to go sooner He would provide a way. Well God always has a plan doesn't He? The phone rang at 7am this morning and it was our adoption agency. They offered us the opportunity to leave this week (2 days from now). Of course we took it. I was nervous at first about all the things I would have to juggle and change around but God took care of it all. As soon as I hung up I started making calls. All of my friends jumped right in to help ease the stress by taking on jobs for me to help us make it happen. Praise God!!!! Another huge blessing was that we had to change airlines completely and were expecting a pretty hefty cancellation fee. They didn't charge us a penny. That was another blessing from God because it would have been $250 per ticket. Counting the baby that would have been $750 just in cancellation charges. So our tickets are purchased, hotels reservations made and we are ready to bring Annabel home. Here is what the next two weeks of our life will look like:


Friday, September 14 Depart for Beijing

Saturday, September 15 Beijing Sight-Seeing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden
City, & Great Wall

Sunday, September 16 Church service & Summer Palace

Monday, September 17 Morning Flight to Province
Afternoon - Meet Annabel

Tuesday, September 18 Civil Affairs Appointment

September 19- September 20 Paperwork, Sight-seeing, & Shopping

Monday, September 24 Afternoon flight to Guangzhou

Tuesday, September 25 Fill out Consulate Forms & Medical Exam

Wednesday, September 26 Consulate Appointment

Thursday, September 27 Pick up Child’s Visa

Friday, September 28 Head for Home!