Saturday, March 16, 2013

We made it!!!


Morning friends! We made it to China yesterday, totally exhausted. It's 3am here as
I type this. We went to bed at 8pm when getting here. The smog is stinky and you
cannot see the sun. The traffic is unreal and the amount of people! Milton and I
just smile at each other while they talk Mandarin loudly to each other squeezed into
the elevator or train like sardines!!! We meet our travel group today and fly to
Zhengzhou with them all. There are 8 families and 10 kids will get a forever family
tmrw! Beijing is unbelievable. It's so big and the banks and residential housing are
together. Most of which are very old, residential and are probably middle class
families. The tall buildings which are homes are endless! I sat by a woman named Gia
from China, coming home for her fathers funeral. We had the best visit. She told me
she came to the states twenty yrs ago with her husband and daughter. She helped me
write down some communication phrases for AnnaBelle. 
 Milton and I didn't sit together, United messed the seats up and had changed seats
and the plan was full.full of about 400 people mostly locals from China. Gia was so
kind. We talked about everything relative to adoption, parenting and their culture.
She asked me questions too. She said she was a Christian but her husband was not,
YET she said. We prayed together before unloading the plane. God is so good. That
almost 11 hour flight is really long! Tomorrow we will meet AnnaBelle!! 

1 comment:

  1. Hooray!!!!!! What an emotional journey. You are in my prayers. I can't wait for you to hold AnnaBelle! When she is afraid of you and cries, remember that it is just temporary. She'll be calling you Momma before you know it. :)

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