The Journey of a Lifetime

That's what we're calling it.....The Journey of a Lifetime. Our lives will forever be changed by the events that will take place over the next 2 1/2 weeks. But not only will our lives be changed but most importantly the life of one special little girl. I can't even imagine what her little mind has been processing lately.

We found out a few weeks ago that Maili was moved from the Healing Home back to the orphanage where she was originally placed when she was found at the age of 2 days old. She only spent 1 month there until she was moved to the Healing Home where she lived the majority of her little life. It breaks my heart to know that she was taken from everything she knows and is familiar to her and put some place completely foreign. And speaking of foreign....in a few more days she will become a part of our family, a group of people she has never seen before. Please pray for Maili and all of the transitions she has endured and will endure in the next few days. We are so excited to hold her in our arms and pray that she will feel our love immediately.

So, where are we? We are in Chicago awaiting our connecting flight to Beijing! I cannot believe the day has finally arrived! We arrive in Beijing at 3:00pm Thursday (their time) 2:00am Thursday (our time). Friday we will tour the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, take a tour of Hutong, and finish the day off with an acrobatics show. Saturday we take on The Great Wall :) Should be real interesting to see how we do all of that when you throw jet lag into the equation! Sunday we depart for Zhengzhou where we will officially be handed Maili on Monday (Sunday evening for you all). We'll be posting pictures and updates every evening.

On to some more news.....the past 7 days have been a whirlwind!!! We sold our house and bought a house all in the past week. Yes, you read that right! We are so extremely overwhelmed by how amazing God has provided for us. Every little detail has been perfectly planned out and timed by Him. So much better than we could have done ourselves. What a peaceful feeling to know that we can begin this journey without worrying about the house & move. So, here we go!!! Next stop.....Beijing.



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