Last Night in China!

It's a strange feeling knowing you are leaving the place where your daughter was born and raised for the first 16 months of her life. Although we would love to bring Annie and Mika back to China someday when they're older, reality says otherwise. We have tried to soak up as much as we can of this culture and this country, so hopefully we will be able to impart that to our two Asian Sensations.

Mika is about to embark on an incredible journey - meeting her brother and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents....she'll be seeing her home for the first time...meeting all our friends...experiencing the frigid winter of Fishers, Indiana....going to church and staying in the nursery...so may firsts. Would you please pray for her transition into her new life? We so appreicate it!

We had a very low key day - 2 naps, a walk in the park, McDonald's take out for dinner, watching movies on the t.v. that we've already seen a dozen times, and packing. Mika's starting to wind down - that means she's starting to get cranky! Hopefully, she will be able to sleep well tonight. We leave the hotel here at 6:00 am, and our flight leaves for Tokyo at 8:30. We then take the long flight to Portland, OR and stay with my family for 5 days.

Would you please pray for us?

• for our flights - that Mika would be able to settle down and sleep some on the plane. Her cry is so loud, so we know we will not be making friends if she meltdowns a lot. Pray that RIch and I would be able to get some rest on the flight, too, and that we would have patience with Mika
• for Kiana, Noah and Annie as they meet and adjust to their new sister. Pray especially for Annie as she has to share us with Mika now

• for our transition to west coast time - that we'd be able to adjust quickly


• that Mika would learn how to settle herself during her sleeptimes
• that God would protect me (heather) from having any Meniere's attacks on the flights

We so appreciate how you all have been lifting us up before the Father while we've been gone! We will continue to update you as the weeks go on through this blog.

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