Ready to go!

We are ready to leave in the morning at 6:00 a.m.! We are on the couch waiting for our sheets to dry after Oliver throwing up all over our bed this evening! Ahhhh, what a day!

Sad to leave my kiddos! I know Brynn will do great the first week with Stephanie coming for a few days. And then my mom and step- dad the second week at their house. Thank you God for giving us Skype! Or I am not sure I could leave. I am trusting in Him!!!! He has shown me over and over that Molly is ours!

Itinerary!!!

Thursday, August 16th - Leave Ft. Myers at 7:37a.m. and travel to Chicago O'Hare, 4 hour layover in Chicago to stretch our legs and prepare for our 15 hour (GULP!) flight to Hong Kong.

Friday, August 17th - Arrive in Hong Kong at 5:55p.m. (12 hours ahead of EST), depart for Guangzhou at 8:20 p.m. and arrive in Guangzhou at 9:20 p.m. stay at Garden Hotel for the night

Saturday, August 18th - We have the day in Guangzhou and then depart at 7:41 p.m. on the overnight train to Nanning (Guangxi provincal capital)

Sunday, August 19th - 9:00 a.m. arrive in Nanning and check in to Marriott

Monday, August 20th - GOTCHA DAY!!!

Tuesday, August 21st - Go to civil affairs office to complete adoption paperwork

Wednesday, August 22nd - Finish the adoption paperwork (hoping to go to Liuzhou City)

Thursday, August 23rd - Sightseeing in Nanning

Friday, August 24th -Pick up Molly’s passport and return to Guangzhou by train 6:50pm

Saturday, August 25th - Arrive in Guangzhou at 7:53am and then Child’s medical exam

Sunday, Augsut 26th - Sightseeing in Guangzhou

Monday, August 27th - Medical exam follow up (read TB test) and Prepare documents for the visa interview with the guide’s assistance

Tuesday, August 28th - Visa interview and oath ceremony at the United States Consulate

Wednesday, August 29th - Pick up Molly's U.S. entry visa in the afternoon

Thursday, August 30th - Take van to Hong Kong in morning and depart at 11:10am
Fly Hong Kong to Chicago O'Hare and arrive at 12:35 p.m. and the depart O'Hare at 6:19 p.m. and arrive in Ft Myers at 10:10 p.m.!!!!! We will try to get an earlier flight once through customs:)

Travel Schedule

We have received our travel approval to go get Molly! We got this on Monday as we were traveling to Pennsylvania for Don's mom's 80th birthday celebration this week. Crazy days!

Leave Ft. Myers on 8.16.12
Travel to Nanning on 8.18.12
Receive Molly (GOTCHA) on 8.20.12
Consulate on 8.28.12
Fly out on 8.30.12

We will have our full itinerary later this week! So excited!!!!

Be A Voice Jewelry Fundraiser

We are doing another fundraiser with Be A Voice selling beautiful jewelry!!! Check us out here at Be A Voice! At checkout please put in the code "Tanya" so we get credit for your purchase. Love this stuff!

Olive Tree Fundraiser

Please check us out on Olive Tree! Molly is coming home at peak travel season and while we are incredibly blessed to get her home and to medical care that she so urgently needs, airfare is outrageous! Please help us! I hate begging but at this point have little choice. God called us to her and I know he will provide!

I bought the boys these t-shirts last year for another family's fundraiser and love them! I will take a picture of them in them and post it later. My dear friend, Pat suggested I sell them as her kiddos need new ones. So, I found the fundraising site for them and many other great things and signed us up!

Later today I will post our other new fundraising project. Today is the last day for the necklaces on Craft Cafe and we are still doing jars of change! We may also have one less one that I am working on. God will provide and get Molly home!

Necklace Fundraiser last days!

Friday is the last day to order your "it matters to this one" starfish necklace. $10 goes to our adoption agency to help us pay Molly's ransome(orphanage donation)! Please consider buying one if you haven't. If you have already bought one or two or fourteen (thanks, Mom and Jim), thank you doesn't it say it adequately!!! Joy's etsy shop is on vacation while she prepares for a big doula convention that she is a vendor at. She is beyond fabulous for helping us!!! But you can still buy it at her Craft Cafe shop.

One Less = One More Daughter

We were incredibly blessed on the morning of the 4th of July to get an email saying we had been awarded a grant from One Less Ministries in the amount of $500!!! http://onelessministries.org/ Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! We are trusting in God to help us come up with the last of the funds we need to go get Molly! Sounds like we could be on our way in August!