So I have been meaning to get this accomplished for a while, however, I was sick, the girls were sick, Jim was traveling, etc... Every time I tried I would get close to finishing and someone would melt down.
Anyway, there is a lot going on, so let me begin.
First, we are finally going to China, seriously! We have our tickets and everything. We leave early on November 6th. Our gotcha day is suppose to be November 8th. That will be the day they place Jonathon is our arms.
We plan to update our blog while in China.
We will be returning on November 20th at DFW airport. We will be on Continental flight CO1139 and will come in @ 10:17pm from Newark, NJ. So any of you who live in the DFW area please feel free to welcome us home. We would love it!
Now the second major news in the Van Kirk household is that we are moving, yes, that's right moving, once again. It is kind of funny actually. Centex Homes brought us to Texas. Now Pulte Homes owns Centex and their headquarters are in Michigan. You guessed it, we are going full circle and moving back to Troy, Michigan, outside Detroit.
We have mixed feelings. We are thrilled to have a job! We are thrilled to be moving back near family and dear friends. However, I find it slightly cruel that we are having to move back in January.
We are also sad because we are leaving wonderful friends here in Texas and a fabulous support for us as adoptive parents and for our children, Tapestry at Irving Bible Church.
We know God is control and He has his reasons and we are simply trusting in that. Already we have seen his hands on things. The schools in the area we are moving to have a Chinese language and culture immersion beginning in elementary. This will be wonderful for Becca Yi and Jonathon.
Also we just found out today that the home we are renting for the next year is actually owned by a friend of Jim's from GM. That takes a lot of worry out of what it will be like for us from far away.
The girls are thrilled that there will be no fire ants in Michigan and right now they seem to think that all the snow will be great!
It looks like they will be packing us up after Christmas!
Please keep us in your prayers because we are certainly going to need them the next few months.
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God is great!!! I am so happy for Jonathon & y'all! We will be there to meet him! We will be sad to see y'all leave but God wants you in Michigan! I wish and pray only the best for your family! I am happy I can stay in touch with you through your blog!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I remember as a kid loving all the snow.
ReplyDeleteCute that they think about the fire ants.
You will finally be holding your son in your arms in a few days. So excited this day has arrived. Praying for you and Jim during this time with Jonathon.