We're leaving on a Jet Plane...

We're leaving for China!   

 

 

 

We have our flights and hotels all booked.   We should be arriving in Nanchang, China on Friday night...and they will bring Elsa to our hotel on Sunday the 30th.

 

After spending about a week in Nanchang- working on some paperwork, and hopefully visiting Elsa's orphanage and seeing some of her province we will head over to Guangzhou.

 

In Guangzhou, on April 9th, we will have our official adoption of Elsa.   We then should be able to pick up our visas from the U.S. Consulate on April 10th.   Just in case anything goes wrong with the paperwork, we will stay one extra day, and fly out on April 11th.

 

Elsa Mei- here we come!    :)

 

 

Thank you Mom, for coming to keep an eye on our animals for us.  :)

 

 

On a side note, I'm in the process of reading a book called Adopted for Life by Russell Moore.

 

 

 

Moore has a very thorough look at adoption and also at the similarities of earthly adoption as compared to our adoption by our Heavenly Father.  

 

In his book Moore calls the adoption process, "spiritual warfare" and he is right. 

 

John 10:10 says, "The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."  

 

Moore makes the case for God loving the orphan and desiring adoption for them versus the enemy's plans of destruction for them.

 

Moore also mentions how Joseph adopted Jesus.  

 

Jesus was not biologically Joseph's- and he knew that.  

But Joseph listened to God, and went where God called him.   Joseph loved a little baby boy and protected him, even moving to Egypt to do so. 

 

There was only one person that God called to be Jesus' earthly daddy...and that was Joseph.    And Joseph stepped into that role.  

 

Moore also delves into the various issues surrounding the decision to adopt.    It's a good read for anyone, but especially those interested, in any way, in adoption.