Thursday, August 7, 2008

WE'RE GOING TO CHINA!!!!!!!!!!

We got the news at 9:26 p.m. tonight from the US Consulate in Guangzhou telling us that we may travel to China. We leave this Friday the 8th for Guangzhou and will arrive on Saturday evening late. On Sunday we will fly to Nanjing and on Monday we will meet Kristi Zi Han! We are so thrilled and so thankful! God seems to delight in making our lives interesting and suspenseful and loves to surprise us. We are almost packed and our tickets are booked (I made the reservations today just in case). Keira is very excited and at bedtime tonight I was telling her how our trip will be quite the adventure and that when we first meet Kristi Zi Han she might not be too happy and might cry a lot and Keira said pretend you're sister and she took her finger and pointed at herself, then she drew a big heart in the air and then she pointed to me (sister). So sweet. We'll try to post as much as possible here and at www.caringbridge.org under "kristizihan" if we are not able to use blogspot.com. Please keep us in your prayers as we travel and Kristi Zi Han as the only life she has known is about to change forever.

3 comments:

Tara said...

YIPPEEEE!!! I'm so excited for you and Kristi. By the way, the new picture of her is precious; just look at that rosebud mouth!

Tara (Nanjing mom)

Emily, Dave, and Olive said...

We are so excited for you! I think 8-8-08 will be so lucky for you too!!! Safe travels!
Emily,Dave, & Olive

a Tonggu Momma said...

Congratulations!!!!

Time Line

February 2006 Began Paperwork for Kristi
Dossier to China (DTC): July 2006
Log In Date (LID) to China: September 14, 2006
Referral Date: February 12, 2008
Letter of Intent (LOI): February 22, 2008
Letter of Acceptance (LOA): May 1, 2008
Travel Authorization (TA): May 30, 2008
Consulate Appointment (CA):