Itinerary

We received our travel itinerary!! Monday we have our 2 hour travel conference call. 5 days till we leave!!

Thursday Nov. 6th Depart for Beijing, changing planes in Tokyo

Friday Nov 7th, arrive in Beijing 21 hours from the time our flight left

Saturday Nov 8th, Our sons 20th birthday!! Happy birthday Josh, we love you!!
Beijing sightseeing, Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Summer Palace

Sunday Nov 9th Beijing sightseeing, Church service & The Great Wall of China

Monday Nov 10th Morning flight to Guangzhou and, "GOTCHA DAY" Miss Katie!! We don't
know what time in the afternoon yet, but then we have our civil affairs
appt.

Tuesday Nov 11th-15th Paperwork, sightseeing and shopping

Sunday Nov 16th Medical exam

Monday Nov 17th Sightseeing and shopping

Tuesday Nov 18th Paperwork party, its really not a party at all. 1 parent from each family
will meet in the guides hotel room to fill out the paperwork for the
U.S. Consulate appt. Last time this took about 2 hours. I think it depends
on how many families are there and how many questions the parents have.

Wednesday Nov 19th Consulate appt

Thursday Nov 20th Pick up Katies visa!!

Friday Nov 21st, Depart from Guangzhou to Tokyo to Detroit!!

The reason we are there so long is it takes several days to process Katies passport and then to process her visa application. When we were in China to bring home Brooke, she was in a different province, so we traveled to 3 cities in China. Katie is in the Guangdong Province, which is where the U.S. Consulate is, thus the the reason for the 2 cities. Guangzhou will start to feel like home after we're there for 12 days.

Please continue to lift our family in prayer. We really appreciate it. I will post at least one more time before we leave.