China bound!

Zoe and Zena in Chicago, 1/04

Well, where to begin?  Late Sunday night, 12/30, we got a call from Lifeline.  She said, "We asked for the first available consulate appointment, and they gave us January 16th!"  Now, you travel two weeks before your appointment, so that meant we would depart less than a week later, Friday January 4th!  "Gotcha day" (when we get Zac) is Monday, Jan. 7th!  I can't even describe the whirlwind that ensued.  Last minute airline reservations, packing, planning, wiring money ahead...  Total chaos!  Complete excitement!  We're coming for you Zac!  My little boy, I will be holding you in just days!  We got less and less sleep each night.  All culminating in two hours of sleep last night and a 4am trip to the airport.  As I write this, we're sitting in the airport in Chicago waiting for our next flight to Beijing!  That leg alone is over 14 hours.  We will step off that plane in China!  We plan to stay connected, so watch this blog for updates and pictures!  I want to stop and say thanks.  Thanks to all our friends and family who have supported us through all this... emotionally, financially, spiritually.  So many people have made so many contributions.  And thanks to our gracious God!  Thank You for guiding our path, thank You for all your blessings in our life, thank You for our little boy in China and the life he will begin to realize in mere days.  God is good!  Let all the praise be to Him!