Have Approval...Will Travel!!

Well, it is official--we are going to China to bring Jax home!!  We received "THE CALL" yesterday from our agency informing us we had travel approval and our Consulate appointment in Guangzhou, China for Jax's Visa is scheduled for Monday, March 8th at  9:00am!  So, what does all of this mean you ask??? 

It means our travel dates will be the following...We will leave Wichita on Thursday, February 25th and will return home from China on Friday, March 12th.  Our "Gotcha" Day for Jax should be Monday, March 1st or Tuesday, March 2nd!!  We are getting closer to holding that little boy of ours--oh, that is if he wants to be held by his new strange parents!  We pray that Jax will adjust easily to us, but we are prepared for a longer adjustment period than with Jaida because he is so much older than she is and we are also expecting that he might grieve quite a bit while we are in China.  Can you imagine being almost 5 years old and just one day being handed over to complete strangers with all you've ever known just completely stripped from you--oh his precious soul--I have prayed many times that God will prepare his heart for his acceptance of us as his new family! 

As I mentioned in an earlier post, it has been a long 11 months since we first saw Jax's sweet face, and we never knew if this day would ever come and even though there were many times of impatience on my part, it is amazing how PERFECT God's timing is once again!  Even though we would have loved to have been traveling sooner to get Jax, these dates that were chosen for us are perfect as they work out for those who will be watching over our four precious children while we are gone, it allows for the kids' sport activities to come to an end, and it allows us to be here for our daughter Mikayla's cataract surgery and to have that completed before we leave.  God is GOOD!  We have a lot of packing and preparation to do now, so will help the days to move by a little quicker and before we know it, we will be on that dreaded long flight to China!  Thanks for following along on our journey and we will keep you posted as time goes along.  We look forward to posting to you all from China!

Trish