One more day

Today (Sunday in China) we left Beijing on a flight to Zhengzhou, the capital of the Henan province. We said good bye to George and off we went. The honeymoon part of this process is over. We had our fun in Beijing, now it is time to prepare our minds and our hearts (not that we haven't already been doing that over the last year, but the time has finally come) for Lucy to be a part of our family. We were met by Yisha, our CCAI rep at the Zhengzhou airport. On our bus ride to the hotel, Yisha gave us papers that describe Lucy's routine in the orphanage and Yisha also gave us a lot of information about what is going to happen over the next few days. We all must have had a 'deer in the headlights' look, at least that is how I felt I must have looked. It is going to be a whirlwind over the next few days! Here is some of Lucy's routines: She drinks formula from a bottle (yes, still!!) and eats rice cereal and noodles. It also says she likes vegetables and meat. : ) She usually goes to bed at 9 p.m. and wakes up at 5 a.m. with two naps during the day. It says she does not wake up in the middle of the night (we shall see what happens when we bring her out of her comfort zone what will happen). It says she is lively and active and she is a little afraid of worm (hmmmmm, what does that mean exactly?? : ) ) It says her roommate friend is Ya Du. She sleeps by herself in a crib and they call her Fei Fei. : )

When we arrived at our hotel room, I started unpacking our stuff and getting all of Lucy's clothes and bottles and formula and toys out in preparation of her arrival. The contractions are getting closer and I am getting completely ready for our addition. : ) We ran to Wal-Mart quick (down the road from our hotel, but so not like the American version of Wal-Mart, but still interesting!) to get a few things now that we know what she eats and drink.

I don't know if this has all sunk into my mind yet. It is all so amazingly surreal! As Jason and I were talking about this adoption process over our supper at KFC (yes, there is a KFC right down the road from our hotel, it was a challenge ordering until they gave us a picture to point to. ha!) we discussed how after all our waiting and waiting, now that the time has come, the wait doesn't seem so bad. : )

God is good and I thank Him for this honor and privilege to do what He has asked of not only myself, but our family. Our kids at home are being asked to be without Jason and myself for over 2 weeks and that is making one of our children sad (at least one that I know of). I pray that God would be working in their lives during this time we are apart just as much as He is working in my own heart and life with this adoption.

Now I am going to close this computer up and ponder and pray over everything that is about to happen in just about 12 hours. Lucy's life is about to be turned upside down and so is ours, but in unimagineable ways.

To God alone be the glory!