China Bound-Tomorrow AM!!

I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. Isaiah 43:5

It's finally here.....it's been a tough couple of weeks but finally, it's time for us to leave!!  We've been going non-stop rushing around gathering all that we need, getting the house in order, gathering copies of documents needed for the adoption, packing, trying to sort out problems with BOTIS a travel agency our adoption agency recommeneded and the list goes on BUT, once we board that plane, it's all a distant memory and what's been done is done....and what isn't, won't get done.  The best news ever is that we are bringing our beautiful daughter home!!!

We have a direct flight from Houston to Tokyo....a short lay-over and then on to Guangzhou!!  We'll be in GZ the entire trip....17 days!  Our flight time will be approximately 18 hours and we will arrive our hotel, 24-25 hours after leaving Houston. 

We meet our daughter on Monday, 11/29.  Her orphange is known for bringing children to their parents at the hotel a day early...so there's a chance we may be meeting Miao on Sunday, 11/28.  We'll see what happens.  We plan to decorate the hotel room with a "Welcome Home" banner, balloons and decorations.

The weather is very warm in GZ these days...much like the temperatures in Houston except it's not predicted to be in the 80's, as it has been this week in Houston.  We plan to do lots of swimming!! (our hotel has an indoor swimming pool, which will help if for any reason the temperatures aren't as warm as predicted)

We learned late tonight that our daughter is aware that we are coming and she wanted to know if her father is coming and who exactly was coming for her. 

Well, it's 12:30am and my alarm will be going off in 3 hours, so best close for now. 

Blessings to all & Happy Thanksgiving!!