Plane tickets researched and bought.
Hotel in Beijing booked.
Visit to Katee's group foster home scheduled. (This will be life changing. I cannot wait.)
Suitcases borrowed.
Packing started.
Blessed by an amazing shower for Katee/foster home.
Blessed by an amazing shower for Katee/foster home.
This is really happening. After over a year of paperwork and waiting, we will be boarding a plane to Beijing the morning of November 7th. We will arrive in Katee's province on the 10th and will hold her in our arms on November 12th. We will return home on Thanksgiving Day.
THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY Katee will be ours. Please pray those arms will be reaching for her mama and baba and that she would attach to us quickly and trust us. We are asking for wisdom in how to parent and bond with Katee.
Please pray for sweet Katee as she comes to mind. At some point in the very near future she will be removed from her loving foster home and returned to her orphanage to wait for us to come. Everything she knows is going to be taken away. We expect she will grieve hard as she is very attached to her nanny.
Adoption is a beautiful and life changing thing, but it comes with so much pain and loss. I'm thankful God is a father to the fatherless and that every detail of Katee joining our family rests in God's loving hands.
Adoption is a beautiful and life changing thing, but it comes with so much pain and loss. I'm thankful God is a father to the fatherless and that every detail of Katee joining our family rests in God's loving hands.
19 comments on "Travel Dates!"
katee is beautiful!!! im so excited for your family!
Julie, I will be praying for you all and especially for sweet Katee as you all make this transition. So exciting to see you embark your new journey as Katee's parents! Will you be posting any from China?
You don't know me, but I came across your blog through your guest posts on I Can Teach My Child and have followed your adoption story. I am so happy for you, your family, and Katee! Such wonderful news!
I cannot wait to see pictures of Katee with YOU!
Love this post! I will be praying for Katee's transition but I am certain it will not take long for her to realize she hit the jackpot in the mommy department!! So excited for you guys!
SO excited for you!!!!!!!!
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." - Prov. 13:12
I love how Ashley Ann describes the experience as 'bittersweet'- difficult joy...praying for you all in this exciting time!
God Bless you Julie. Whilst we are flying to the USA on 9 November, I will pray that all is going well for your trip.
Michelle
I am so excited for y'all. How appropriate that you will be returning on thanksgiving. Prayers to you as you navigate these next few weeks awaiting Katee's arrival.
Hip Hip Hooray!!! Safe travels as you embark on embracing your sweet wee one! Praying everything goes smoothly. God bless you always.
This is all so exciting and I'm sure overwhelming as well! I am praying for all aspects of the last leg of your journey to precious Katee! What an especially thankful Thanksgiving this will be for all of you!!! :)
I am so happy for your family. We will be praying for your family, safe travel, and a peaceful transition for all involved.
I am so happy for your family. We will be praying for your family, safe travel, and a peaceful transition for all involved.
Oh, my goodness what a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving it will be! Praying for an easy adjustment for everyone and for safe travel! Can't wait to hear all about it! May God bless you all beyond belief!
I check in on you everyday, especially when I need a smile. Congratulations! I can't wait to see the first family photo.
Deborah
We will be praying for Katee and your family, I can't imagine the challenges a transition like this will present but I know that God has equipped you guys for just such a task. So excited for you:)
congratulations!! Kelly
Finally! I hope it all goes beautifully for you. x
oh I am so happy for your family as you finally have travel plans. I am also an adoptive mom and it bring me joy that you are aware of the pain adoption can have already. I was a younger more naive mom when we adopted. ( we adopted first and then the bio's came along) and even though I tried to prepare I really was not prepared. So I guess it would be better to say that you are more prepared than I was and that is a good thing. I will be in prayer for you and your husband that God will fill you with him perfect peace while you are there. Pray over her while there, love her, sing to her, and back over here in Indiana I will be praying for you. I am filled with joy for you for your family and for Katee. I also will be in prayer for Ori and little Calla as she is used to being your "little girl" and now will have to adjust to her new role of "big sister" and middle child ...overnight. I will be lifting you up in prayer! Would it be possible to have your address?
Patti in Indiana
olthoff6@comcast.net
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