We are so happy to say that we got travel approval last Friday (10/28) and we got our official travel dates today! (11/1). Alicia and I will be boarding a plane on Friday November 11th and head to Nanjing, China for Rowen and Rylen! We will get there on a Sunday and will go get the boys Monday! They will stay with us from that day on! We will be in Nanjing until that Friday and then head to Guangzhou, where the US Embassyis. We leave China on 11/24 (Thanksgiving) and bring the boys home! Two more reasons to be Thankful this year!
I will do my best to post from China, sometimes the internet is not the best. If you are not a part of our FaceBook page, feel free to join us, it is under Paul Family Adoption. I hope to be able to update both of these sites, but am not sure if I will have access to either. If not, hopefully Brock can at least update the FB page!
We are so excited to be to this point now! There is so much to do and get ready, I feel like I am running in circles but getting nowhere. My mind can not get away from the fact that we are not fully funded. We are still in need of about $16,000 to complete our adoption. We can not leave until we have the funds needed, in hand. Brock and I have complete faith that there will not be an issue, God will provide, but it is still hard to not constantly think about this.
If you would like to make a donation and help get the boys home, there will be several ways to do so at the end of this post.
Prayer requests:
*Finances to fall in place with no delay
*Safe travel for each flight and while in country
*For the boys health
*For the boys emotions...while the day we get the boys is an exciting day for us, we have to keep in mind, they are losing all they know. While this is what is best for them, it will be hard for them.
*For our health, one of my fears is being sick in China. Most days are filled with appointments and I have to be at every one of them. So being sick would not be fun while running around each day.
*For the children we will see, waiting and yearning for a family to love them. There are so many, way too many children that will never know the love of a family. Pray for them.
If you would like to make a donation, here are the ways you can do so:
1. Use our PayPal link: https://www.paypal.me/PaulAdoption
2. Send or drop off a donation to our bank at:
First Federal Savings & Loan
800 West Lincoln Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920
ATTN: Paul Family Adoption Savings Account
3. Tax deductible option
Mail or drop off a donation through our church. **Please note if you do this option, we ask you to email us or our Pastor so they will know to keep an eye out for the donation. If they do not know, we might not receive it. Also be sure to write the check to Salisbury Church and Adoption fund in the memo line. ADOPTION FUND on the envelope and in the memo line if using a check.
Mail it to:
11 Noyes Court
Mattoon, IL 61938
Our email: bp042900@consolidated.net
Scotts email: ssims@salisburyonline.org
I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you. John 14:18
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