Ten years
ago today our family of 4 boarded a plane for China to bring our Caleb
home! Here is the first post of our 16-day adventure in China as we experienced
the miracle of adoption. I hope you enjoy the journey as we travel down memory
lane over the next several days!
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Day 1 - We Have Lift Off! ~ May 3 & 4, 2007
We finally made it! We just checked in our hotel
and we are doing great, just a little tired! We started the day at 8:00 am
Thursday at the RDU airport and it is now 4:45 am Friday morning US time (4:45
pm China time). We are glad to report that the flights were smooth and
uneventful, just the way we like them. The kids did great! They are real
troopers. There is nothing like being suspended in the air for 14 hours! The
flight was packed. About half of the people were Chinese and the other half
were adopting families! They fed us lots of food and had some movies playing,
none that we were interested in. The kids thought the little bathrooms were
neat and we got up and walked around a lot ( no blood clots, Mom). A couple of
times it seemed like a party, everyone looking out the windows and talking to
each other. It really did go by fast. The highlight of the flight was going
over the North Pole! That was cool and we have some pictures of that. We looked
hard for Santa but he was nowhere in sight! The flight took us up over the
North Pole, Siberia and Russia and on into Beijing. After being up for 23 hours
now, I still have not seen nighttime, how weird is that?
Two of our bags did not make the flight so
hopefully they will be here tomorrow. Please pray that they make it soon. One
of the bags is Caleb's and the other had some extra clothes in it. It took a
while in lost and found filling out paperwork but our guide, Rosa, says she
will take care of it. We are confident that God knows where they are and we will
have them soon! We are going to take it easy and get lots of rest tonight and
then we have a full day tomorrow; Tianamen Square, Forbidden city & Summer
Palace. We will have a blast!
Thanks for all your prayers so far. We are so
excited to be here. As we landed in Beijing, my heart leaped for joy just
knowing we are in Caleb's homeland! Only a few more days till he is ours
forever! God is so good to get us to this point and everyone is safe and
healthy! Please keep up the prayers and we will keep you updated!
We love you all!
Matt, Allison, Ben, & Callie
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| Leaving USA...next stop - CHINA! |
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| On a jet plane! |
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| Flying over the North Pole |
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| Ben riding in the cab on the way to the hotel in Beijing! |
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| Callie posing for a quick picture at the hotel |
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