Homeward Bound

Today (Thursday) we completed all paperwork and processes at the US Consulate to get Joshua's VISA and bring him home. On Friday we fly to Beijing, and then on to Chicago. When Joshua steps off the plane in Chicago he will be an American citizen. We will then spend the night in Chicago and arrive in Norfolk at approximately 2:30.



We want to thank everyone that has been praying for us and supporting us through the journey. Family, church, friends, work.... you all have been wonderful. Your emails, posts, thoughts and love have been lifegiving. God has blessed indeed.

Joshua is a precious little boy and we are thrilled to have him in our lives. While most of our posted pictures have been of Joshua smiling, laughing and having fun, he also has his spells of crying, being stubborn and trying to have things his way. He actually reminds Randy of his grandchildren when they were much younger. Our hats are off to Katie and Marcia who did a great job raising their kids through some tough times of obstinate behavior, food thrown on the floor, screams when somebody didn't get their way, etc. Joshua's has his moments too.

As we fly out, we ask that you keep all the little children and their respective families in your prayers. We have been with 9 other families this past week. We all fly home tommorrow. The following pictures show the majority of these families:

Our wonderful Chinese guides for Beijing & Guanzghou (Maggie & Rosa)

The children we adopted