Travel dates!!!

We have a confirmed consulate date of Sept 28th. We will probably arrive in China on Sept 16 and head home on Sept 30 or Oct 1. We will get our flight info soon. Yay!!! We're coming Adam and Megan!!!

We still need to raise the money for our in country travel (hotels, flights, etc) and we don't know how much that will be but we are estimating between $7-10K. Please keep that in your prayers and we would appreciate any help that anyone can give.

Beth

You know your husband is...

...a great dad when he plays London Bridge in the front yard and even lets himself get "caught"! Oh yeah, and the neighbor was watching!!!

Beth

Let's see what happens with two photos!

Ok, let's try this one!
 
Beth

Test with photo!

Ok, I'm trying to see if I can send a blog post from my email account with a photo....here goes!
 


Let's see what happens!
 
Beth

TRAVEL APPROVAL!!!!!!!

We have our Travel Approval!!! We should find out our exact travel dates next week, hopefully on Tues or Weds!!!! It looks like we might be in China sometime in late Sept......


Beth

Talking with Adam and Megan...

It turns out it was phone call, not a Skype video call. It was WONDERFUL to hear their voices. They kept asking when we were coming for them. We were told that they were "fighting" over the phone since it wasn't a speakerphone. We had a translator but we did hear them speaking some English. I asked what their favorite colors were and we heard Megan say, "BLUE"! So sweet! It was hard to distinguish which child was talking over the computer speaker.
Abby wasn't shy about talking but Emily didn't talk to them, she was very shy. Brian was having too much fun making friends with the translator's wife! (If you know Brian, that is just "typical Brian".)

I did use some of my Chinese phrases to talk to Megan and Adam and I think it went over well. I tried them out on the translator while we were waiting to make the call and he said that I did well.

What a wonderful end to the day!

Beth

Video call!

We get to Skype with Megan and Adam tonight! At 9:00 pm our time it will be 9:00 am tomorrow morning for Adam and Megan. Please keep us in your prayers and please pray especially for Adam and Megan. We are excited and a bit nervous, I am sure they will be nervous and scared as well.

Beth