When God spoke to me about taking the whole fam to China, I believed it was because he wanted to do a work of redemption, a work of restoration, especially in Josie’s heart. She was abandoned at birth, and spent 12 years with a foster family before being sent back Read more
I’ve been glued to my twitter feed (@stacysublett) all day following the events as they’ve unfolded about the alleged sex scandal involving former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky. Even now the tweets are filing in as students are still gathering at a couple of places around campus. It was the Read more
It didn’t hit us the first day. We thought we had possibly escaped the clutches of jet lag. Kim tried to keep us busy during the day so that we could sleep at night, you know, like normal people. But jet lag has sunk its angry claws into Team Sublett Read more
Well, just like that, once you factor in the international date line. We got up at 8am in Hong Kong, flew out at noonish, and arrived in Chicago an hour later. 4 hours to make Isaac a citizen and get through customs, a short hop to Harrisburg, a little celebration Read more
It was a happy-sad-happy day. We started things off early–breakfast at 6:45 so that we could get to the US Consulate for our Oath Taking Ceremony. We left the kids at the hotel under the watchful eye of our friends while Kim and I took Isaac (ok, our guide Amy Read more
What day? Gotcha Day? Oath taking ceremony? Passport day? Nope, even better: Shopping Day! We spent about 3 hours walking around Shamain Island visiting the local shops. If you’ve ever been to the beach, it’s kind of like all the Wings or Eagles stores–every place has pretty much the same Read more
Yup, we celebrated Isaac’s birthday today. Of course, we aren’t sure that it’s his birthday. The orphanage found him on October 30, and estimated that he was about 2 years old at the time. So doing a little math in their heads, they wrote down Oct 30, 1997 as his Read more
I’ve been writing a lot about the day to day stuff here in China, and I know that you can barely wait to find out what we ate or did or saw. But I thought I’d give you a little info about Isaac himself tonight (or today, depending on where Read more
We boarded the great silver bird and headed south, back to our old stomping grounds in Guangzhou. Kim and I have been telling our kids all about this place, showing them the pictures from our last trip here (Annabelle’s adoption in 2010). We enjoyed our stay in Hohhot, but this Read more
It’s not the Smithsonian, but the Inner Mongolia Museum is a pretty neat place to check out the next time that you’re in this part of the world. The outside of the building is absolutely stunning, with a simulated river separating the grasslands that have been home to all most Read more