The day we are leaving has finally arrived - ok it's in the middle of the night, but it is the 5th and we leave for Beijing just after noon. We have a direct flight so it will only be 13 or so hours (better than the 18 hours last time!) But the time difference is 12 hours so we won’t arrive til Saturday afternoon. We’re going to meet up with Eric (who has been studying Chinese there all summer) and then on Sunday, we will all fly to Harbin, the capital of the Heilongjiang Province. Monday morning we will meet GuoHua and start the adoption process. We’ll spend all week in Harbin and at the end, the adoption will be final in China.
On Friday the 12th, we will fly to Guangzhou where the US Consulate is located to take care of the American paperwork. The Moon Festival is on Monday so is a holiday – we may go to the zoo. But on the next day we will be able to pick up GuoHua’s visa. Having been there before in August – it is very hot and crowded. But a really pleasant city.
Since this is both girl’s first real trip around China (other than their hometowns), we have planned to do a little bit of traveling so they can see some of the beautiful sights in their birth country and we can spend a little bit of time together as a family building some of our first memories.
Our first stop will be in Guilin – in southern China and known for it’s beauty. We will take a boat ride down the Li River and stay in the small town of Yangshuo for a day. Then we’ll fly back up to Beijing and see the places of history there – the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Ming Tombs. Then we will be returning to Dulles on Tuesday September 23rd, at 7:56 PM.
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So excited for you!!! We look forward to hearing all about it. We will be praying for your safe travels and your daughter while God prepares her heart for her new family!!!!
Love ya,
Dawn, Gareth, Alex, Callum and Liam
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