Be
joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is
God's will for you in Christ Jesus…1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
It is so hard to believe that in one week we will be on a
plane on our way to China .
It is going to be a crazy, amazing, joyous, hectic, blessed trip that will
involve 10 planes, 1 train, 5 hotels, countless van rides, lots of signatures
and paperwork, hours of tears and laughter, and many lives forever changed.
Surprisingly, I have been strangely calm these past few
days. It is unlike me to be so calm when I have an ever growing list of things
to accomplish in a short amount of time. There have been several trips to the
store to buy last minute items, several trips to the pharmacy for prescriptions
that we need to take with us, and several hours of planning and organizing.
Through it all though, I have felt a peace that is clearly a result of all of
the prayers of our friends and family. God hears our prayers.
Today though, I had to remind myself to be joyful and give
thanks in all circumstances. I spent almost the entire day on the phone with
different people (Delta, cardiologist, oxygen suppliers, etc.) trying to be
sure we have everything we need in regards to the oxygen for our new son. I did
make progress...for one thing, we definitely have an airline approved portable
oxygen concentrator (poc) that we can take with us! This was such good news to
hear! Thank you to my cousin Phillip for getting a friend of his involved in
this! This friend is a stranger to us, but he has used his resources and
contacts to assist us. We are so grateful. We also got the completed form from
our cardiologist so that we will be able to take the poc on the plane.
The issue now, is the number of batteries we need. We will
not be allowed to board the plane with the poc without 150% of the total flying
time in battery life. Well my friends, when you are flying to the other side of
the world, this means you need a LOT of
battery life. In our estimate (and I will find out if our estimate is correct
tomorrow), we need a total of 8 rechargeable batteries, and we currently have
2. The best price we can find on these batteries is $250 per battery. We have
looked in to renting the batteries, which would be considerably less ($40 per
battery/per week times 3 weeks), but as of now we haven’t found a place that
actually has 6 of this type of battery even available to rent. And, we are
running out of time.
While I am excited beyond comprehension that we are leaving
in one week, I am also feeling the stress of that because of this oxygen issue.
I was reminded today by my wise cousin though, that the very same God who has
provided this poc (and everything else we have thus far needed for these two
adoptions) can provide batteries beyond what the airplane can even carry!
So that is where we are...asking for guidance, praying for
wisdom, seeking His face, and giving Him glory for all that He has done and
will do.
I will post our itinerary as soon as I get the official one from
our agency. I can tell you for sure though, that we will get our son on May 19
and our daughter on May 27! China
is 12 hours ahead of us here, so this will actually be the night of Saturday,
May 18 and the night of Sunday, May 26 here in the U.S. I promise to post as much as possible here so that all of you, who have played such a big part in this process, can see the faces of the precious children who will soon be a part of our family. I want you to witness the blessing and miracle of adoption!
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