Here We Go!

We have received final approval for travel, our visas are all done, the airline tickets are purchased and all we need do is complete our imunizations, pack, make sure we have all the documents we need, get all the medical supplies etc.... "All we need to do...." Wow. A ton of stuff left. We bought a beautiful yellow dress with pretty flowers yesterday guessing at Hui's size. She is 40 inches tall.... we drew a line on the wall at that height and held the dress up to where we think it will go... PERFECT!. Pretty silly, we know, but fantisizing is a pleasant passtime. It is two weeks from today that we will depart. The travel time is almost unbelieveable... we will leave St. Louis at 10:30 AM, connect in Detroit then Tokyo, arriving Beijing on Friday at 9PM ish (8 AM Friday morning St. Louis time.). Almost 22 hours of travel. Good grief. We plan to bring several books for the trip over (and Barb's sudukos of course) as well as a backpack chock full of fun stuff for Hui for the return trip. Maybe she'll sleep?

We continue to believe that this is a blessed trip. It has all gone so perfectly. All the parts coming together in just the right time. We are humbled and honored to have a part in this. We know that Hui will bring much joy to our lives and that we are the lucky ones for having found her. We hope to be worthy of her.