Just a note to ask for everyone’s prayers as we pack to leave for China on Mar. 2nd! We will be there until the 18th. The wait during this last week has been the slowest of all! Below is a basic itinerary of where we will be while in China!

March 3 – 4 Arrive in Beijing and get settled in

March 5 – Beijing tour: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, & Summer
Palace

March 6 – Church and Great Wall

March 7 – Fly to Wuhan for GOTCHA DAY! We get to receive Rebecca into our family once and for all forever! Babies will arrive at hotel in the afternoon.

March 8 – Spend first full day with Rebecca in Wuhan! Fill out more paperwork and see sights and shop!

March 9-12 – More paperwork and sightseeing and loving on our new family member, Rebecca Catherine Jiayi Battle!

March 12 – Fly to Guangzhou in Afternoon

March 13 – Filling out Consulate Forms

March 14 – Rebecca’s Medical Exam

March 15 – More sight-seeing

March 16 – 9:30am Consulate Appointment

March 17 – 3:00pm: Pick up Baby’s Visas

March 18 – Depart for US from Guangzhou

Please use this as a reference so that you can pray us through while we are on our journey!

Today we purchased our airline tickets! We are leaving 3/2 and returning 3/18! One step closer to our precious and beautiful Rebecca Catherine Jiayi Battle! China here we come! We are letting America World Adoption Association do our travel booking for us. They are such a blessing to have as an agency. If anyone is reading this and thinking about adopting, America World Adoption Association is the only way to fly! They are the best adoption agency for international adoption around! They arrange adoptions from Russia, Ukraine, China, and other countries as well! Check out their website at http://awaa.org

Steven Curtis Chapman has adopted through them and recommends them highly!

Until next post check out that website!

We love you Rebecca! Mommy and Daddy are coming soon to celebrate your one year birthday with you!