We are going to China!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Travel Approval!!

"You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." Luke 12:40 (One of my best friends read this verse when I called her to tell her our good news)

I was hoping to get the good news today, but after 1 o'clock went by, and I received an email from our agency that they had not seen it come through, my heart accepted the fact that maybe it would come tomorrow. I went about my afternoon. Well, about 3:30, I was talking to my sister on the phone and just started checking my email when I saw a message from Holt. I really wasn't paying attention because I was talking to my sister, but I was reading the message to myself and it didn't hit me until I read "We have your TA". I started screaming and crying. My kids came running, my sister was trying to find out what was wrong. "We got it! We got it! Mariah is coming home!" The Son of Man, our Lord came at an hour when I did not expect Him! Thank you Lord.

And at the grace of our Father's hand, it is perfect timing, of course. We will be going March 20th, and be home April 3. The amazing part of that is Ryan and Marissa start spring break April 3! So two weeks of all my kids together, my family together, celebrating the most special of Holiday, the day our King arose again! Wow! Easter is so significant in every day life, that sometimes we take for granted. Its a new life for Mariah, a new life for our family and we will have two weeks to bond and snuggle and laugh all together! What a great homecoming that will be! Praise God! Thank you!!!

Please pray for an safe trip for my husband and I. It is never easy leaving your kids, sometimes for even a dinner out. But 14 days is going to be so hard on us, on the kids, on my parents(ha ha). Pray for Mariah who is about to leave everything she has ever known, her caregivers, her foster family, her friends, her country. We will bring her here where the people are different, the smells are different, the tastes are different, the weather is different, sounds are different. What a long journey she will have, but she will be so cherished that we are hoping the transition will go smoothly. Keep her in your daily thoughts!

Well, stay tuned....... There will be plenty more to come!!!!

Thanks for all your love and support!