Our Travel Blog

This is the website we'll be updating while we are in China.

http://www.youbelong.net/invisiblethread





Our Itinerary
Nov. 29--depart Grand Rapids
Nov. 30 - Dec 3--tour Shanghai, fly to Beijing
Dec. 4th--Gotcha Day!
Dec. 5-11--adoption paperwork and touring
Dec. 11--fly to Guangzhou
Dec. 12--medical exam
Dec. 14--visa appointment
Dec. 15--take oath at consulate
Dec. 16--pick up visa
Dec. 17--fly home!

We're going!!!

We got a call today that we'll get Willem on December 3. That means we need to travel to China late Thanksgiving weekend. We don't know the dates for sure yet. We'll post updates with our travel times and the travel blog we'll be using in China. Praise God!!!

traveling???

Lots of Travel Approvals have been coming in this week for people who are at the same point in the process as us. The travel dates are November 30-December 12 for one family and December 5-December 26 for another. Maybe we'll hear something this week! That would be so exciting!!!

something completely different

I love my dogs...


and my little girl!

December???

So... our travel phone call didn't come yet. It's been about two months since our final paperwork went to Guangzhou. Normally, people get their travel approval between 60 and 80 days after their final paperwork is sent over. We were really hoping to travel before Thanksgiving but now are hoping we'll be able to go before Christmas. A family who got their travel phone call today was given travel dates of November 30-December 17. That's already getting really close to Christmas!

We trust that God has his hand in all of the steps of Willem's adoption. This last part of waiting is still so hard. We're ready to go and just want to get Willem home.

meet "Sophia" the puppy

still waiting