Prayer warriors-we need you now!

First, we are all OK! That is the most important!

Due to the fact that my husband works for the airline we planned to fly standby home and purchased our codeshare tickets before leaving the US. We just found out that Lia's visa will not allow her to travel through Japan which is what our tickets are for. However, we are not able to change our tickets here because there is no ticket counter for our airline. Purchasing full fare tickets for four of us at the last minute is going to cost us way more money than we have. We are looking at our options now but are getting little help and many ticket offices are closed because it is Sat. here. Please pray for our frustration level and for some way for us to get home without spending a small fortune. This is all new territory for us so there are so many unknowns.

Thanks in advance!

After the major earthquake that hit China today, our family quickly took notice of a map, something we might not have done a couple of years ago. We wanted to know exactly where the area was and how close to our little girl! How can you love a child and be so concerned about their safety before you have ever met them? My only answer is: God! He has softened our hearts and given us a love that is not something we would have ever imagined or planned on our own. This map clearly shows in hot pink the area bordering Tibet where the quake hit. I do not believe it affected the area where we will be heading soon, and from what I read it is almost 1200 miles away. Our tenative plans are to fly into Beijing where we will spend a few days and then fly to Lia's province in Zhejiang, south of Beijing. After that we will head to Guangzhou to do paperwork and finalize her adoption, if I have my information correct. We will then head to Hong Kong and fly from there to Narita, Japan. From Narita we will fly to Chicago and finally back to Dallas where our little girl will be introduced to the rest of her forever family! Today we are praying for those with devastation in an already hurting area and thanking HIM for His hand of protection upon our little one.

A quick turnaround

After emailing our agency today I found out that we can get our TA all the way up until April 23rd and still be able to travel on April 29! I sure am praying we get it this week though! Wow! How will I get it all together? Fortunately, over the past almost 21 years we have learned to adapt as last minute travelers, although we haven't ever tried to fly internationally! This will definitely be a new experience for all of us. If our TA doesn't come in time, we will be traveling on May 6th or May 13th. I know God's timing is perfect and He wants to take away our anxiety, but in my "momma" mode the idea of my son traveling all the way home from another country alone makes me a bit nervous! Brandon's senior prom is May 8th and he said he IS going to Ch*na and he IS going to prom. We told him his only option would be to fly home early all alone and that is what he wants to do. If we try to wait until the May 13th travel group I am concerned that we may not make it back before graduation and that is much more important in my view. So yeah, if you want to offer up some prayers for God's peace and PERFECT timing I would love it!

Here are just a few pictures of my baby boy turned graduate- how did that happen so quickly?