Zhongfu's Friend

I met a family online who are adopting an 8 year old boy from the same orphanage. I had the volunteer check and we found out that it is York, a boy who seems to be a friend of Zhongfu's. He will be adopted by a couple from Wisconsin so we hope to keep in contact. They are actually getting their son on May 4th, and we hope to see each other before they leave for home on the 14th. That is really exciting for us.

Travel Dates

Well, it has been exciting. We told everyone we were leaving on May 11th, and then I get an email that we need to be in Guangzhou on May 11th by noon. We will be getting our son that day. So, we will be flying out of Lansing on Friday morning May 8th and arrive in Shanghai on May 9th. We will stay overnight in Shanghai and get to see some sights there. The next afternoon we will fly to Guangzhou where we will stay until we leave on Wed. May 20th. We arrive home later on May 20th to Lansing airport. We have our Visa appointment on May 18th, which means we will pick up the last of the paperwork on May 19th before we fly home. I, Pam, has been sick so please pray for my health to improve before we go. Also, keep us all in your prayers as we travel. Also remember TJ and Tara who are staying home.

We have Travel Approval

Yeah!!! I got a call yesterday afternoon that we finally received our travel approval from China. We are so relieved. It looks like we will travel May 11th through the 21st. That will get us home 2 1/2 weeks before TJ's graduation. It will be hot in China, but since our weather has not been warm here I am looking forward to that. Depending on when our plane lands, we might get Drew on my birthday. I can't think of a better present. I will post our final dates soon.