This has to be the longest paper pregnancy ever. I am so ready to get on that airplane! I had planned on waiting until our travel itenerary was finalized to post it, but I decided that I needed something to occupy my time while I waited (umm, as if I don't have a million other things that need to be done). So I have listed our tentative itenerary on one of the sidebars on the right. It will probably change somewhat over the next month, but it gives you a general idea. I might try to add some links so that you will know more about our destinations. We will see.
We have been given the choice to travel to Suzhou, which is where Katie's orphanage (SWI) is. We are very excited about this. We don't know if we will travel to the SWI or not, but we really wanted to be able to see Suzhou so that we can tell her something about it when she is older. We hear it is a beautiful city, with canals, gardens, and pagodas. It is also an important silk manufacturing city. Maybe we can bring something home for her?
I am also pleased that after we adopt Kate, our itenerary (for the most part) only includes one activity a day. I think that it will be a nice balance of seeing China and time to ourselves. That will give us a bit of freedom to just focus on Katie and her attachment to us. Pray for her (and for us), as we know this will all be very scarey for her. We don't know if she got the photo album we sent her, and even if she did we are still going to be complete strangers to her. We will sound strange, look strange, smell strange, and act strange. A day of joy for us will be a day of trauma for her. We pray that God is already preparing her heart and mind for a relationship with Him, but also a strong relationship with us. We are already completely in love with her and are ready as we can be for whatever comes our way!
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