Our Travel Plans

Yay!  Things are coming together.  We have our flights booked. Our in-country plans are made (we just have to pay for them LOL) and we've started to pack (and then repack).  Below are the plans for the next 2 weeks.

Thursday 8/2 6:18 AM Leave Tampa (United Flight 675)
                      8:09 AM Arrive in Chicago
                      12:05 PM Leave Chicago (United Flight 851)
                     
Friday     8/3  2:40 PM Arrive in Beijing  (2:40 AM Friday morning EST)

Saturday 8/4  Sightseeing: Great Wall, Forbidden City & Tiananmen Square

Sunday  8/5    8:15 AM Fly to Hefei, Anhui
                      10:00 AM Arrive in Hefei, Anhui

Monday 8/6    GOTCHA DAY!!!!!
                       9:30 AM go to Civil Affairs Office to Meet Girls

Tuesday 8/7  9:30 AM Go to Civil Affairs to do registration
                      1:00 PM drive to Huainan to do passport paperwork
                      3:00 PM Visit Orphanage

Wed      8/8   9:30 AM Visit the Zoo

Thurs    8/9   9:30 AM Visit to Baogongci

Friday  8/10  (Our 21st Wedding Anniversary!)
                      3:00 PM Get Passport
                      7:15 PM Fly to Guangzhou
                      9:10 PM Arrive in Guangzhou

Saturday 8/11 9:30 AM Visa Photos taken
                                       Medical Appointment & TB Test

Sunday 8/12   9:30 AM  Sightseeing tour of Chen Family's Temple

Monday 8/13  10:00 AM Get TB test result

Tuesday 8/14 8:30 AM Consulate Appointment

Wed      8/15  3:00 PM  Get The Girls Visa's
                       4:12 PM Take Train to Hong Kong

Thurs 8/16     10:25 AM Leave Hong Kong (United Flight 116)
                        1:55 PM   Arrive in Newark, NJ
                        6:20 PM   Leave Newark (United Flight 1637)
                        9:28 PM  Arrive in Tampa


Remember, We will be 12 hours ahead of home (EST).

We would love to have an airport welcome, if you are willing to get out that late.  :-)  If you do come, please take your cameras and take photos for us.  Just in case we are too exhausted to get ours out (or too lazy) LOL

I do plan on updating the blog and Facebook when we are in China.  If for some reason I can not get access, I will have Tiffani do the updates from home.

We are very excited and can not wait to meet the girls. Please pray that they are just as excited as we are. Pray for their hearts to be open and accepting of their new life they are about to have. Please pray for health for all of us and for safety.  Pray that the heat will not be too unbearable.  Pray for great bonding time while we are in China.

Also please pray for our kids at home.  It's going to be so hard to leave them again. But we know that we need this time with Hope & Maggie.  Pray that they will have fun and not be too homesick. Pray for their safety & for their health, that everyone will stay healthy while we are gone.  We have great friends who will be watching our kids. We feel blessed that they have offered to watch them.

Please email me while we're gone. I know how homesick I become when I'm in China.  You can leave a message on the blog or email me at tiffsmom95@me.com  Even if you send a quick "hello", that will make my day.  :-)

Thank you for following our journey.