Consulate appointment and airline tickets!!

We received our consulate confirmation Tuesday night and began the search for airline tickets! Today we decided on an itinerary and will be purchasing them in the morning. We will be flying out on Sept 6, arriving in Xian late on the 7th. Sunday, the 8th, will be Gotcha day!! I cannot believe that we will be meeting Naomi, in the flesh! Paperwork and site seeing will happen for the next few days. Then we fly to Guangzhou for more paperwork and site seeing. Our consulate appointment is on Tuesday, the 17th, and we will fly back home on the 19th. We leave Guangzhou early in the morning and will get back to Seattle a bit after 12 noon. Eman and I will fly, with Naomi, into Pasco, arriving 7ish.  Wow. 

Now, while we wait, we celebrate our family of four.

We also finish up our fundraisers and pray that The Lord blesses us with the rest of what we need. :)

Saturday and Sunday I will be selling kettle korn. Eman is finishing his last weekend of night rotation, but will be helping with a shift Sunday morning.

August 17 is Johnathan's 8th birthday. I'm not sure what the plan is yet, but partying will be on the menu!

August 24 we will be hosting a backyard movie night. We will be selling popcorn, treats and drinks all to help with our expenses.

August 31 we will be doing our Both Hands project. I am super excited for this!! We will be blessing a widow from church, Marjorie. She is a very sweet lady who lives with constant pain left over from her double mastectomy. We are planning on doing gravel in her small front and side yard, so they are no longer cheat grass. In the backyard, we want to build a small patio cover. It is too uncomfortable for Marjorie to sit out in the sunshine. So, we have recruited a builder friend of ours to help design and construct. I know Marjorie is very excited too.

Before we know it, September will be here and it will be time to go! 

Lord Jesus,

Thank you for what you have provided so far!! Thank you that you are faithful to bring us to completion! Help us not to labor in vain - let this bring glory to YOU!!