We will be leaving the states on Friday Sept 5th and returning on Sept 22. WOW....that is a long time! All of us are going, yes all five of us...we are all so excited. The last of the paperwork is complete, the visas have been obtained, the gifts have been purchased, all the fees have been paid...now we just need to pack. yuck...I do hate to pack! BUT, it will be worth every minute of it. In case you are one who likes to keep up with people as they travel, here is the itinerary.
Sept 5-6 traveling to Beijing
Sept 7 traveling to Zhengzhou
Sept 8 This is the big day!!!! we will get Ellie today and start the paperwork for her passport
Sept 11-13 we will be in Luoyang, the city Ellie is from. We will visit the orphanage, do a bit of sightseeing, visit with Michael and check on Maria's Big House of Hope (the new palliative care unit that Shaohannah's Hope is building).
Sept 13 we will travel back to Zhengzhou, pick up Ellie's passport and catch a flight to Guangzhou.
Sept 14-17 Ellie's US visa will be processed here in Guangzhou. We will have a lot of free time mixed in with a couple of appts.
Sept 18 we take an oath at the US Consulate and get her visa.
Sept 19th it is all over!!! We travel back to Beijing
Sept 19-22 we will have the privilege of spending time with a special family and doing some sightseeing
We leave Beijing on the 22nd and arrive home late that night. Once we go through customs in Newark, NJ Ellie will be a US citizen.
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