We arrived safely!

Picture #1: Boarding our first flight after dad and mom had only about 1.5 hours of sleep.

Picture #2: Colds + asthma is bad news. At least these two have each other.

We are in Beijing and safely tucked into our room at New Hope. We had planned to volunteer for several days at Maria's Big House of Hope (where Andrew lived the beginning of his life), but they are currently displaced due to needed updates to their building. Thus, we planned to volunteer at New Hope instead. However, since we are sick, we won't be with the children as was planned. So, I'm not sure what our time here will hold.

Thank you for praying for us! We can tell we're being surrounded by prayer! This was the easiest trip we've taken to China so far. =) The children all did great! There's a strange sense of calm, peace, and ?. I'm not sure how to word it. There's no stress or anxiety. Derek has even mentioned the strange stillness and calm. We all felt perfect peace--like we were headed home.

Home. Here we are. Where our son is. We will hold him soon!

But first, we need to work through this jet-lag. There's a roaring game of Skip-Bo happening right now in the middle of the night, so I'm going to join the family now. =)