Thursday, July 2, 2009

FLY, FLY, FLY!

Well, the tickets are purchased and the itineraries are coming together. It has been a long week in making all the right arrangements...but we are almost there, so that I can focus on other things to get ready! So here is the plan:

  • We begin our journey on July 16th in the late afternoon from St. George to Las Vegas to catch our first flight: Las Vegas to LAX.
  • We then meet up with the Campbell family (all 7 of them!) at LAX
  • Together we will take our long flight LA to Beijing - leaving at 1:40 a.m. on the morning of the 17th and arriving in Beijing a day later on the 18th at 5:20 a.m. (the flight is about 12 hours, but with the time change and all, we lose a full day)
  • We will have some fun tourist time in Beijing for about 3 days (18-21)
  • Then, I think, a trip to Xian (where the famous terra cotta soldiers are) for 2 days then back to Beijing to see the Campbell kids off on a flight back to the USA on July 23rd.
  • The rest of us: me, Emma, Karen and Matt, will have one 'free day' in Beijing before I meet up wtih the other adoptive families from my agency for orientation on July 25th.
  • The next day we fly off to Lanzhou in Gansu province....and that same day we will meet RJ!!!!
  • We will stay in Lanzhou for about a week completing the adoption and waiting for RJ's chinese passport.
  • On July 31st (Happy Birthday Jan!) we fly out again - Karen and Matt will fly back to Beijing to catch their flight home; and Emma, RJ and I will fly to Guangzhou in southern China to complete the visa paperwork.
  • August 6th is our final day of flights. We start in the afternoon and fly from Guangzhou to Beijing (3 hour flight), have a layover of about 4 hours then fly from Beijing to Los Angeles (12 hours), then have a short layover (hopefully enough time to get through customs and change terminals) and fly from Los Angeles to Las Vegas (1 1/2 hours). Hopefully someone will pick up three weary travelers from the airport...and drive us another 2 hours home. That day is going to be an adventure...and a real test of my will and strength as a single mom of two - a 2 year old and a 4 year old. Pray for me!
  • 1 comment:

    catharooni said...

    will pray for patience, peaceful kids, and the travel plan to work as needed. also, will be expressing much thanks for this blessed event!!