Day 1- touring

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We are tourists!

Today was a long and busy one. Unfortunately Davie is just a sick little girl. I went ahead and started her on an antibiotic today (thank you so much Jenny!) and so we are hoping she will be better by tomorrow. We visited the Forbidden City, Tienemen Square, the pearl factory and the silk factory. By the end of the day I was falling asleep on the bus. Both Davie and I woke up at 3:30am and couldn't go back to sleep. I hope we can sleep through the night tonight. Tomorrow we will go to church, the Jade factory and the Great Wall. I hope the pictures will load right. I am going to give it a try now. For some reason we cannot see our blog...we cannot pull up the page, but I can post to it. Weird. Well, I hope everyone at home is well...if you have one of my kids please kiss them for me. I know that I am far away, but the odd thing is I feel very far away. Two more days until Eliana!!!! Much love!

We are in China!

Well, we are here! I can't believe it. It was a long long flight. Davie did well and slept more than me. She had a bit of a cold when we left and it is still here. You can pray for her to get better if you would like. I know she would like that. We are all very tired and missing the other half of our group...but doing fine. We will tour tomorrow and so I will have photos to post. I prayed and prayed for Sarah's play...how was it darlin??? Missing you and Matt and Catherine Jo. I hope the play was a huge success! For the other half of our group, I already asked Linekar about the dinner on your gotcha day and he said that we will probably have our dinner in the China Hotel at the Japanese Restuarant on the night before we leave. I think that is it. I also found out that we will all receive our babies at the Cival Affairs office so I think that means we can't go to your gotcha day, but I didn't officially ask yet. Feeling so blessed to be here....Jackie Sue

Our Itinerary

March 29th- April 11th

Thursday, March 29 Depart for Beijing
Flight: UA 1556

Friday, March 30 Arrive in Beijing
Flight: UA 897

Saturday, March 31 Beijing Sight-Seeing: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden
City, & Summer Palace (Lunch & Dinner Included)

Sunday, April 1 Church service & Great Wall (Lunch & Beijing Duck
Dinner Included)

Monday, April 2 Morning Flight to Nanchang Afternoon - Meet Eliana Joy Lin Wimberly!!

Tuesday, April 3 Civil Affairs Appointment

April 4- April 5 Paperwork, Sight-seeing, & Shopping

Friday, April 6 Afternoon flight to Guangzhou

April 7- April 8 Fill out Consulate Forms & Medical Exam

Monday, April 9 Consulate Appointment 11:00 am

Tuesday, April 10 Pick up Child’s Visa

Wednesday, April 11 Depart from Guangzhou Depart from Hong Kong
Flight: UA 828

ARRIVE HOME at 12:30am on April 12th!!! Yipee!

A Bump in the Road

Well, this has been an interesting 24 hours. When we went to the bank to get the cash that we have to take to China there had been a miscommunication. I am sad to say that I didnot respond in faith to my Awesome God, but really went into panic mode. So this morning during my quiet time God revealed in His strong but sweet way my unbelief in His ability to handle this issue. After I confessed my sin, and agreed with the conviction that He brought to me, He gave me a new perspective. What is a BIG deal to me, is a teeny tiny thing to my BIG GOD! He can accomplish anything without any problem at all. So, now I am on an adventure to see how God provides the exact amount of money we need, in the exact condition and denominations we need. So, if you are reading this, please stop and pray for God to accomplish His will in this situation and that I will be a faithful follower of my Awesome, Faithful, Covenant Keeping God.

Girls' Room and packing

I'm trying something new....hopefully when you click on the photo that shows you will go to another site that will show all the photos. This will be much more beneficial in China. We can download lots of photos and you will just click on the one photo to go to all the others. It saves room on the blog. Well, give it a try and see if it works. Much love!