We are going to China!!!

We leave on an early morning flight on November 3rd! Memphis to Chicago to Beijing. There the girls and I will tour for two days, see the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. We will then fly to Zhengzhou Henan Province on November 7th and meet Andrew on the morning of the 8th. It has been almost a year that we have waited to meet him and it almost seems surreal, even though we have done this several times, the excitement of meeting your child for the first time never wanes. It is exciting. So exciting in fact that I'll have to remind myself to breathe!

And even with the happiness that we will feel meeting him, his heart will feel sorrow and fear. We have seen these emotions before, so we know what to expect. It hurts. It hurts the child so deeply, only God can cover this pain and heal our son. So while it is an exciting time, it is a painful time and a time for our family once again to push, grow, become different. Different and better. We welcome him, he will be grafted into our family tree, he will be Chinese American. He will become a citizen of the United States on November 19th the minute he lands in Chicago. Praise God for His mysterious ways, His ways are perfect, I am so very blessed to be along for the ride. rm

TA

Travel Approval.........

puts us in China to meet our son on 

November 8th.............

Wow. This date was nowhere on my plans. Better leave the planning to the Master who works all things for good for those who are called to His purpose.......

Better get packing!

No words necessary

Almost 5,

Her special need is a skin condition, and a bit developmentally delayed, the picture of her standing by the bars has nothing to do with her SN, see the next post with the video of her.

Will you adopt her? She is the one with the red thread button loops

What if you had another seat at your dining table? A little bed and some pretty dresses? A bookshelf with books? Some ribbons for her hair? A carseat for your car? A few minutes a day to hold her and read to her? A little stool for your bathroom sink? Maybe a swingset? Maybe your family has a sister or a brother for her to play with? What if she is your daughter and she is lost at the bottom of a list with no one looking for her but you? Email me at gubbycat@wmconnect.com, I will help you with the "how to" questions......love me

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