Ni hao! (“Helloâ€?) As I am writing this we are 9 1/2 hours away from Tokyo. We will catch our final flight to Beijing from there. They estimate that we will arrive in Tokyo at about 3:30PM Tokyo time! We have already had an awesome time! Everyone loves to hear about our adoption when we meet them! We have shown Rebecca’s picture to everyone we meet! It’s so much fun to watch people’s faces light up when they see how sweet looking and precious she is! We forgetfully keep asking people with much anticipation and wallet in hand: “Have I shown you the picture of our new baby we are adopting from China? (Due to our convenient memory loss, we have shown her picture twice to many people! 🙂 ) Her name is Rebecca and she is the most beautiful baby in the world!â€? Maybe our forgetfulness is simply due to the fact that we have had little sleep today (Yeah right! I don’t expect anyone would believe that for a second! 🙂 ).
While waiting to get on the plane in Houston, we met a man who had a daughter who has adopted from the Ukraine, and is in the process of adopting from China! Wow! What a God-ordained moment! His eyes beamed as he showed us pictures and bragged about his adopted grandchild! 🙂
In Minneapolis, we met two pastors who were heading to Indonesia via Tokyo for a pastor’s conference! Wow! Another God-ordained divine appointment, and guess what? The Senior Pastor was also a native Houstonian! He lived there when he was a young adult about 30 years ago! We also met a serviceman who was heading to South Korea for a tour of duty there. God bless our US Servicemen!
Another neat thing happened in Minneapolis! As we were in line to have our passports checked before boarding, the ticket agent who was checking ID’s found out we were adopting (My I wonder how? 🙂 ). She then congratulated us and said she was waiting for her referral to come from China soon too! She was so happy for us and we were elated for her as well! Another God-ordained moment on our journey!
Our rowmate on the flight to Tokyo is so nice! Her name is Wei. She is from Shanghai originally and now lives in the USA. She is going to visit her father there. She also thought Rebecca was so beautiful (Doesn’t everyone?!?) She has been teaching us how to say important things in Chinese like:
1. Are you hungry? – ni e ma
2. Milk bottle (or baby bottle) – nai ping
3. Thank you – xie xie (pronounced “Shay Shay�)
4. You’re welcome. – bu yong xie
5. Little Baby – ying er
6. I love you! – Wo ai ni!
Well class, that’s our lesson for today 🙂 !
Enjoy the pictures! We may not look very presentable but keep in mind, we’ve been in a hollow silver tube going 500 miles an hour at 30000 feet! This will give you sympathetic feelings for our situation and the way we look! 🙂
See ya online tomorrow!
Gotta get some sleep!
Our rowmate on the flight to Tokyo named Wei!:
Brandon on flight to Tokyo:
Sarah in Tokyo Airport:
