And, we're off......

....to China!!!!!

We head out early tomorrow morning.  We are leaving our house at 4:30am!!!  Our flight leaves at 6:10am. Then we land in Chicago and board the big plane to Tokyo. We're on that big boy for about 14 hours! Yikes!!!
We switch planes once again and finally arrive in Guangzhou late Saturday night. That's a grand total of 18 hours of flying time!!! I think we might be a tad bit exhausted!!!!

We will have all day Sunday to get ready for Miss Avery!!!!   woo-hooo!!!

We meet her on Monday afternoon!!! I can hardly believe it...just typing those words gets me all choked up!!!

I think we have everyone in our family hooked up to Skype....we are good to go.  They are all anxious to meet the newest member of our family!

We talked to Shea this evening via Skype.  It was so good to see the little stinker of mine!  She seemed happy and content. Thank you, Jesus! And, thank you Lori & Tom!!! I'm tellin' ya the house sure was quite tonight without her....boy, do I miss her already!!!

I want to share with you my theme verse for this adoption of Avery.  It's been on my microwave for months...

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart." Ps. 37:4

Last August, I went to see Beth Moore with my friends, and this is the verse she focused on during the two day conference.  It was amazing, and God-inspiring, and Spirit-filling, and faith-strengthening!!!! It was such a blessing!  I was once again reminded of God's love for me and His faithfulness!!!

So here I am several months later, getting ready to get my baby and witnessing first hand how this awesome God of ours works in and through our lives!!!  I am truly humbled by it all!!!

My next post will be from China!!!!!!

Oh, and I would deeply appreciate your prayers for safe traveling!!