travel meeting!

Today was something else. John sat in on a telephone conference for our trip with our adoption agency. Since we are leaving in less than one week, we needed to know details about traveling to China and what to expect. He took notes like a true Airborne Ranger.

Our flight leaves Detroit Michigan at 12 noon on Thursday the 21st. We have a special friend bringing us and another picking us up. We arrive in Beijing on Friday night at Midnight. Please keep us in prayer as this is a very long trip for Jb's back, hip and knees and my patients!

then two days of sight seeing at the Great wall of China, the forbidden city, Church ( a goverment ran Chrisitian Church) dinner at the some famous Duck restaurant and then off to Guilin City China to pick up our daughter. Just a funny note about the great wall. When we first decided to adopt from China, I told Jb as serious as can be that I wanted to walk the entire Great wall. Well, that was until I heard it was thousands of miles long. LOL!

We were told that as of today we will not be able to visit the orphanage that she was found at because of the high risk level of the swine flu but that could change over the next week or so. We were informed that the first three days with her might not be that enjoyable and we might be in for a lot of crying. oh boy!

I can not begin to explain how we are feeling right now but before logging out I have to share this.  In the mist of my darkest days of worry about finances on this trip and how we were going to come up with the money needed. My husband told me that I had such little faith. I really did. In fact I stopped right then and there in my tracks and begged the lord to provide. When searching for a bible verse to comfort me I found Proverbs 3 vs. 5-6. Trust in the lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding , in all your ways acknowledge him and he shall direct your paths. Two months past and everytime I worried about the money I repeated this over and over.

last week Sunday I got to church. In the very back was a gift bag with a trinket in it. Sure enough it had this very verse on it. I don't know who left it for me (my secret sister) but it was just what I needed. Over the next few days the lord supplied every penny of what we needed for our trip. Talk about break down emotionally. God is good all the time!

As jb and I prepare to be parents with less than 6 days to go, we appreciate everyone who have encouraged us, prayed for us, bought Lucy little gifts, asked how things were going and loved this little girl well before they met her.  I thank you from the bottom of our hearts and I truly can't wait to share her with you.

As jb went to bed tonight he told me that this little girl is going to be special in some way. He is not sure what it will be exactly but that she will be special!

We hope that you follow along with us on out trip and we will do our best to post photo's of Gotcha day and possibly a video of us getting her while we are in China!