Until we leave for CHINA!!!
I am about 90% packed. I have got all of Lily's stuff in a bag, and the boys' stuff packed as well. Still have to pack carry ons, charge up our electronics, and finish packing up Dave's and my suitcase (he is the weakest link).
I have really felt the love of God through His body. We had dinner with some friends tonight, and at the end they spent some time (with all the kids as well - we have 10 boys between our 3 families - Lily will be the first girl!) praying for our journey to Lily. I felt so encouraged! One of the moms at the boys' Chinese school also spent time a morning this past week to take my hands in hers and pray for our family. I praise the Lord for this family of believers. There is just NO WAY I could do this on my own. I am so grateful I don't have to!
Sorry for the lack of pictures. I am so excited and nervous that I don't have time to do something like download and upload photos!!!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
The Baby Blanket
We bought our tickets and pretty much everything is set as far as our itinerary.
We leave here on Wednesday 9/14, but really it is Tuesday because it is a red-eye flight. We fly via Hong Kong to Tianjin, CHINA. We are going to have the privilege of spending a couple of days with our dear dear friends there before going to Changsha to meet Lily. I have to tell you about our friends. This is a wonderful family - the Changs. Lorden and Sophia have 5 children. We met them when Dave was doing his residency at UCSD. I only had Matthew at that time, and Sophia only had her two oldest children then - Caleb and Jeremy.
We had just moved into an apartment complex near campus called Whispering Pines. We had an upstairs unit that was the farthest from the parking lot and laundry machines. Not very convenient with a baby! Anyway, one day after unloading Matthew and other stuff from the car, we had returned to our apartment. I heard a knock at the door. It was a lovely woman with a baby blanket in her hand, asking us, "Is this yours? I think it fell on the ground in the parking lot." It was Matthew's baby blanket (he was 4 months old at the time), and that woman was Sophia. From that day a deep friendship began. We had only been in San Diego for a few weeks - and I remember when I moved there that I asked the Lord for a friend. This was His answer to my prayer. It is a reminder to me of the Lord's faithfulness, and how kind He is to me.
Sophia and Lorden and their family have been such a blessing to our family. They are Chinese-American, but live in China. They have an adopted daughter. They are such a loving and faith-filled family. We love them dearly, and look forward to spending a little time with them in their home and seeing their life there.
From Tianjin, we will fly on the 18th to Changsha, Hunan. We meet Lily on the 19th!!!!! On the 23rd, we fly to Guangzhou where the American consulate is.
We fly home on the 27th.
It will be a big trip.
I am packing and getting ready!
Many things left to do =).
Thank you for praying for us. We truly need your prayers and depend on them. We wait upon the Lord, and are excited to see how He will bring us through this journey to Lily!
We leave here on Wednesday 9/14, but really it is Tuesday because it is a red-eye flight. We fly via Hong Kong to Tianjin, CHINA. We are going to have the privilege of spending a couple of days with our dear dear friends there before going to Changsha to meet Lily. I have to tell you about our friends. This is a wonderful family - the Changs. Lorden and Sophia have 5 children. We met them when Dave was doing his residency at UCSD. I only had Matthew at that time, and Sophia only had her two oldest children then - Caleb and Jeremy.
We had just moved into an apartment complex near campus called Whispering Pines. We had an upstairs unit that was the farthest from the parking lot and laundry machines. Not very convenient with a baby! Anyway, one day after unloading Matthew and other stuff from the car, we had returned to our apartment. I heard a knock at the door. It was a lovely woman with a baby blanket in her hand, asking us, "Is this yours? I think it fell on the ground in the parking lot." It was Matthew's baby blanket (he was 4 months old at the time), and that woman was Sophia. From that day a deep friendship began. We had only been in San Diego for a few weeks - and I remember when I moved there that I asked the Lord for a friend. This was His answer to my prayer. It is a reminder to me of the Lord's faithfulness, and how kind He is to me.
Sophia and Lorden and their family have been such a blessing to our family. They are Chinese-American, but live in China. They have an adopted daughter. They are such a loving and faith-filled family. We love them dearly, and look forward to spending a little time with them in their home and seeing their life there.
From Tianjin, we will fly on the 18th to Changsha, Hunan. We meet Lily on the 19th!!!!! On the 23rd, we fly to Guangzhou where the American consulate is.
We fly home on the 27th.
It will be a big trip.
I am packing and getting ready!
Many things left to do =).
Thank you for praying for us. We truly need your prayers and depend on them. We wait upon the Lord, and are excited to see how He will bring us through this journey to Lily!
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