After a 3 hour delay (2 in the airport, 1 on the plane) in Toronto, our flight finally took off at 5:30 Friday afternoon. (See picture putting in time at the gate!)
We arrived Saturday night at 7pm in Beijing. At the Beijing airport, we met our guide and two other families who are also part of our Family Outreach International (FOI) travel group. Both families are from PEI. J&J have 4 biological children and are adopting a little boy, 6 years old. C&M are adopting from China for the second time... a sister for their 3 year old. Their girls will end up only being 25 days apart in age!
The boys travelled well... Lots of movies and TV on the personal entertainment system and food and snacks on the way over. Matt watched High School Musical 3 times! Despite the fact that our carefully selected seats were completely changed upon arrival, we basically ended up taking over the back of the plane with lots of extra room to spread out and sleep.
We have checked into our hotel for the night and had a chance to visit a local grocery store and enjoy some authentic chinese food for a late dinner.
Tomorrow will be a "free" day in Beijing. We purposefully planned to come a day early so we could catch our breath before flying out to Xi'an. We plan to see a local temple and the Drum and Bell towers, both popular attractions.
We can't believe we're here!
Leaving home with everything but the kitchen sink!
Hello Rundles:
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update. It is great to hear that you are off to a good start. We've been prayerfully following your last 24 hours.
Love, Rob and Cindy
Murray, Diane, Matt, Ben, Josh, great to see your update. I'm on the phone with mom right now and she wants to say hi as well and that she is praying for you and glad ot hear you arrived safely.
ReplyDeleteWaaaaa . . . you've arrived! So very exciting. Can you feel how close you are to your precious bundle??? Glad you're safe and sound that the flight went well. Smart move to go early to "catch your breath". Enjoy China. Can't wait to see you with your baby girl!
ReplyDeleteKaren
I woke up early this morning thinking of you guys! Just one more day until you become a family of SIX :) Tomorrow you meet your precious little girl -- I'm so excited for you. (Wait -- maybe it's already tomorrow for you -- how DOES that time thing work?!?! LOL)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I continue to think of and pray for you all!
Love, Paula
P.S. Matt looks so grown up!!!!
Yay! So happy to hear that you've arrived safely! What a treat that you had extra room in the plane. Suhhweeet!
ReplyDeleteYou're hours from receiving Grace at thie time. Praying for you friends.