18 days and counting...

Monday we received our TA, our travel approval, from China.  This allowed our agency to book our embassy appointment.  We sent our top five dates (the first five we could ask for) and then we waited.  Again.  The journey of adoption is all about waiting.  Anyway, today we found out that we will have our embassy appointment on July 25th!!!  So going backwards from that date we can plan our trip.

We have been saving up our miles ever since we got home from Ethiopia.  We have been praying that we could use these for our trip to China.  And thanks to Kevin's recent trip to Englad, we have just enough for 2 round trip tickets to Beijing + 1 one-way from Beijing back home.   All the pieces continue to fall into place.  The miles were accepted and the 3 of us are flying there and back to the grand total of $99.82!!!!   God is so Good!!!!  We will take off July 9th and land in China on the 10th.  That means that in only 11 days Kevin and I will board a plane for China.   After a nice looooong date on the plane (14 hours to be exact), we will land in Beijing.  We will spend a few days there adjusting to the time difference and experiencing China without any kids in tow.

Then the really good part comes, the part that is getting me through the stress of getting ready....  in only 18 days I will stand face to face with my daughter for the first time.  Only 18 more days to forever being a part of her every day.  Only 18 more days until I get to start the journey of getting to know my daughter.  Only 18 more days and counting.......

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