Wowsers, are we tired! Today was a full day of cultural awareness, aka sightseeing. From the Tiananmen Square to the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace to the Acrobatics show, with a couple of stops for meals, the Pearl Market and the Silk Market…More than once we looked around the Read more…
It was a pretty surreal day. We started at 4am in State College, drove to Harrisburg, flew to Chicago, then flew on to Beijing. We thought we’d have the same set up on the 13 hour plane ride–individual tv monitors in the backs of each seat. No such deal. We Read more…
We’re almost packed and ready to head to the airport. It’s been a little more involved this time, trying to get all 7 of us packed (44 pound limit to bags, please), passported, and prepared for airport security. We’ve got everything charging that needs to be charged, backpacks loaded with Read more…
We’ve got adoption stuff all over the place, and it’s not all contained in Casa de Sublett. I’ve got a letter of reference for a dear couple in our church, some friends in VA waiting to hear about a custody case involving their foster children, several others in our church Read more…
It was a little after 8:15. The little girls had just headed down the street to the bus stop, and I was envisioning a few more minutes of snoozyland. All of a sudden there was a banging on the door and Sadie in the entranceway shouting, “Annabelle just got hit Read more…
“OK bud, it’s time. Are you ready for this?” He nodded, the tension scrawling an obvious, “I’m not too sure” across his face. I gave him some last-minute instructions about steering, shifting, and pedals as he slipped behind the wheel. Then he was off. My heart swelled with pride while Read more…
I know that I said we were through with paperwork for our trip to China–you knew that we are adopting a 13 year old boy from China in a couple of weeks, didn’t you? Well, the paperwork has been a huge mountain, and Kim has climbed that mountain several times. Read more…
This is from Wednesday’s lifejournal, the Bible reading plan I follow: One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up. “There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that Read more…
Thank you, praying friends! We saw God move today in some big ways. First, Isaac’s visa approval: We were on the phone (that’s the royal we, meaning Kim!) just about every hour checking the status of the application, trying to talk to a supervisor who could actually answer the questions. Read more…
Hey folks, thanks for praying! We are still waiting for confirmation about Josie’s passport and approval for Isaac’s visa, but we have been assured that they are both being processed. We’re not out of the woods yet, but we’re close. We have a hard deadline of Wednesday at 5pm to Read more…