Travel Day!

We are 34,000 feet in the air on our way to our connecting flight before leaving the country for China!
We got to the hotel last night about 1:00 a.m. and up at 5 to get to the airport on time. So far things are going smoothly, besides a couple of important things we will have to access before we meet Miss Selah on Monday.
Finally being able to focus just on this trip with all the obstacles and preparation behind us is something I have been looking forward to.
The stewardess just told us we were flying right over Aspen, "Hello, Uncle Chris"! Maybe we will soon get there to visit again and let TWO little girls take their first skiing lesson on Buttermilk Mountain:)
I have been praying for little Selah Skye for courage and peace that passes understanding as she joins us on this amazing adventure. Gloria is looking out the plane window and must be imagining what it will be like when she has this new sister with her everywhere we go. She said earlier that it is going to be like a sleepover that will never end. So true, and I am so happy about that:)

Traveling in 3 More Days!

I am a scatterbrained mess. Believe me, if there were no God in Heaven on the other end of my rope, I couldn't be pulling off what it is taking to get us on that plane on Wednesday morning! But He shows up every day with His fountain of life and strength and joy that I could not produce on my own even on my best day. We are not going to have everything done around the house that I wanted before we brought our new daughter home, but at this point, if we just get things prepared to be away for two weeks and remember to take along all the required documents, that will do and then just focus on the  day we will meet Selah Yuanyi Skye for the first time! That will be on Nov. 5th.
We know we will be on the Great Wall on Thursday. I am so excited for Gloria to experience this part of her birth history! She is so excited to meet her new sister. God is good:)

Travel News!

We received an email confirming our new Consulate appointment!  It is set for November 15th, and we are scheduled to be in Beijing on Nov. 2nd.   Now we can finally buy plane tickets!  It is an exciting time for us who have been through the wringer with waiting and all the gauntlet  that comes with that.
It feels very surreal right now...only 2 and a half weeks until we go to China to pick up our new, ten year old daughter....wow.
I'm overwhelmed with both thankfulness and amazement and with the preparations of lesson plans so I can be gone from my school job and packing to the detail all you need for a trip like this.
But if I've learned one thing it's trusting God just one day at a time for one thing at a time. Do what's in front of you to do as it comes.
I can only wonder what little Selah Yuanyi Skye must be feeling and thinking. I pray for God to prepare her in every way to meet us for the first time.
We have been shopping for her, some necessities, "cute outfits and pjs, etc..." for the first couple of days until we can shop more in China. She will most likely come to us with the clothes she is wearing and that will probably be it.
What an honor to be able to become her mom...