It's been a crazy couple of weeks, but we did get most of our travel confirmed last week. We leave Amarillo at 6:35am on the 9th and eventually fly out of Minneapolis to Tokyo, then to Shanghai. We arrive at 8:55pm and will be welcomed by our friends Jeff and Kristy who moved to China last year. It is such a blessing to have friends there and we are so looking forward to the 2 days we'll have with them. We leave Sunday afternoon (that's the unconfirmed part that we hope to have confirmed by next week) the 12th on the bullet train to Hangzhou, Zhejiang with Mark and Shannon. We will get our girls the next morning, October 13th!
The rest of the schedule is as follows:
-10/14 2 and 1/2 hour trip to Jinhua and visit to Emma's orphanage
-10/15 free day and appointment with local eye doctor
-10/16 tour of West Lake
-10/17 leave for Guangzhou, 3pm flight
-10/18 medical exam
-10/19 trip to Guangzhou zoo
-10/20 9am Consulate appointment
-10/21 swearing in at US Consulate
-10/22 8:20am flight home arriving in Amarillo @ 10:55pm!
We are continuing to pray for Emma as she waits and for Isaiah as he prepares to go back to China. There is so much transition ahead for all of us and our hearts desire is that we are knit together as a family and that we can press into Him on our rough days. We also are praying for Blake while he is home with family. There are a million little details that need to be taken care of before we leave, but I know that all will fall into place and Emma will be in our arms and her forever home soon!
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Emma Faith... always near in our hearts, now nearing home. I can hardly wait to touch her. Love you all, Mom & Gram
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