Tuesday, September 7, 2010

We Have Travel Dates!!!!!

We found out this AM that we have secured a Consulate Appointment of October 12 at 9 AM!  We will be leaving September 23 and returning October 16.  We will meet Anna on September 25, complete the provincial adoption requirements September 27-30, "hang out" in her province during China's National Day holiday (October 1-7), travel onto Guangzhou to complete the US part of her adoption and, provided she does not test positive for TB, we will all return home on October 16.  Her birthday is October 2 and we get to celebrate it with her, in her homeland!!!  God is so good!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tana I'm so excited for you!!! I'm sure you are relieved to have dates finally! Let me know if you need anything!
~Rhonda

September 8, 2010 at 1:28 PM
Anonymous said...

TANA! This is so exciting!!! And how awesome to spend her birthday with her!

September 9, 2010 at 6:40 AM
Amy said...

TANA! This is so exciting!!! And how awesome to spend her birthday with her!

September 9, 2010 at 6:41 AM
KO said...

I look forward to hearing about your journey.

We are scheduled to arrive in Nanning on 10/8 to get our daughter, also from Yulin.

I am so glad you don't have to wait any longer for travel.

September 9, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Steve said...

Matt & Tana, our prayers are with you as you travel today! How exciting that I will share my birthday with little Anna! And, she shares her name with our new daughter-in-law, Anna Landis, and other family members as well. God's blessings with all of you.

September 23, 2010 at 12:02 PM

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Our goals in this blog are two-fold. We want to keep friends and family informed and updated but we also pray that you would be moved to do your part in making the invisible God visible to those who are orphaned or at risk of becoming orphaned. There are so many ways to do something. God’s heart is for the orphan (James 1:27) and if you ask Him for direction in this He will answer.

For those of you sensing to support us, here is how you can do so as of now.

  • PRAISE for her life and for the opportunity we have to be her family.
  • Prayers for guidance in preparing for her to join our family; protection and care for her and direction for the hands caring for her; expedited Travel Approval - much sooner than we woudld anticipate; and leading as we make plans for our 3 other childrne while we are in China.
  • Financial assistance for the costs associated with her adoption (The total will be around $32,000). While it is humbling to include this we sensed that we should. We know that helping financially is a gift some have been given, and we do not have the right to let our pride get in the way of those of you who are called to serve in this way.