I love Birthdays–(well all except my 30th–but I’m 12 years past that one now)!!! And I couldn’t have asked for a better present than to be home with all of our kiddos. What a blessing! The boys bought me a great present–a new computer chair. Mine kept falling to the ground after awhile. They brought… Read More
That’s probably the first time I have said that in the week since we have returned from our trip to China. 🙂 AND if you look at the time this is being written–it should be–I’m wide awake at 2:25 AM!! I’ve already laid in the bed for an hour hoping to go back to sleep–but… Read More
Well it has happened–we now have an official adult. Ben and I are sure we are much too young to be the parents of an adult–But somehow we are. I’ve spent a little time pulling some pictures of the past 18 years. My how my first little boy has become a young man. Take a… Read More
After 18 hours on airplanes over a 26 hour period, we were all very glad to arrive in Jacksonville International Airport Last night at 9:17pm. Me, Julie, Zach, and Leighanne were ready to be home and sleep in our own beds, drink pure water, eat familiar foods, and see Austin and Jordan for the first… Read More
Praise the Lord we are home with our two new American Citizens! Ben
We are sitting at our gate in Hong Kong waiting to board our flight to Detroit any minute. For anyone who is interested…. our final leg of the flight is Delta Flight 735 from Atlanta to Jacksonville arriving in Jacksonville at 8:44pm. Ben
We arrived in Hong Kong this afternoon. We will eat an early breakfast in the morning, check out, and head across the parking lot to the airport for a 9:45am flight to Detroit. In just 12 hours we will be sitting on an airplane waiting for it to take off for our first of 3… Read More
We completed our consulate appointment this morning around 9:30am. They consulate told us that the visas should be ready tomorrow morning around 10:30am. We are currently scheduled on the 4:56pm train out of Guangzhou to Hong Kong, but our guide is currently trying to get it changed to an earlier departure so we won’t get… Read More
Woo hoo — both TB tests were negative so no chest x-rays required! We have a meeting with our guide tonight to get all of the paperwork ready for tomorrow morning’s Consulate Appointment. Ben
Okay–So I know we have been kind of leaving pretty quick messages, but we have very busy. When we haven’t been transitioning, we’ve been at appointments. BUT today we were able to have a pretty easy day. We began our day at church on Shamian Island. Yes–Finally a chance to worship!! The service we attended… Read More
