To Beijing to join with our new son, Wade!

Tomorrow we fly out of Shanghai on an 11:00 flight to Beijing. We will go directly to the orphanage to welcome Wade to our family. We are so excited that the time has finally arrived! There will most likely be some very nervous energy in that room tomorrow. We met him last April while helping Christian World Adoption out on their Hope Project at his orphanage. We were interested in the idea of adoption again and were open to what God had in mind for our family. I guess He made it very clear to us by Wade asking us if we would adopt him. It was meant to be! So almost a year later, he will officially be our son. We saw him again in December when we participated in another Hope Project and that time he knew we were adopting him. We had a sweet, nervous and awkward reunion. I think he is very ready to come home. He has known for a while but I am sure has not been able to understand the reason for the wait. We told him that we would be back as soon as we could. I hope we are worth the wait! This has been an incredible faith adventure and it has only just begun. We are counting on God's grace for the challenges ahead. We are so thankful for all of our incredible and supportive family and friends. Thank you for praying. I hope to keep this blog up during the next week as we spend time together as a family getting acquainted.