Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Nanjing
PICTURES!!
Back in the room!
Meeting Jonathan at Civil Affairs!
The 3 Friesen's before we become 4!! (Great Wall)
Kevin and Andrew at the Ju Yong Pass, Badaling section of the Great Wall
Look how far up we are Mom!
Tiannemen Square in front of the entrance to the Forbidden City.
Bridge of 17 Arches at Summer Palace
Our family with our Beijing guide, Sherry
Stretching the next layer for the silk blanket
Double silk worm cocoons.
BCIF church service
Can definitely see better today!
Andrew taking my B/P with poodle dog balloon
Hotel lobby in Beijing
PTI airport before we left GSO
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Monday, September 3, 2012
We Have Jonathon!!!
Hello family and friends from Lisa and Kevin. This is Sharon from Texas posting for them. We traveled with Lisa and Kevin in 2008 when we both met out sons together in Lanzhou. They wanted you all to know that they cannot access Facebook or their blog in China so I will be posting for them as I receive updates. This is what Lisa emailed me today:
"Andrew loves being a big brother but is feeling a little left out and is jealous. We had some tears at bedtime last night. We were all exhausted last night so I did not get any other pictures..."
I know first hand how exhausting traveling, the time change, meeting your little one and having other children to attend to can be. Please pray for Kevin, Lisa, Andrew and Jonathan. It is not uncommon for your child to come to you sick (as the Friesens know VERY well with Andrew in 08). They have not mentioned that but pray that they all are well and will stay well. It is also a huge transition for everyone with the language barrier and so many new sights, sounds and surroundings for Jonathon. Pray also for Andrew. As you know he recently had surgery so I am sure he is still recuperating.
He is certian to have some anxiety over the arrival of his new brother and although I am sure he is excited it can still be overwhelming, It is not uncommon for kids his age to begin having questions about their own adoption so pray for Kevin and Lisa and they many encounter some new questions or uncertiantities they may not have seen in the past.
As we are headed to bed tonight they are beginning their Tuesday. I expect they will finalize Jonathans adoption on the Chinese end today so pray for all the paperwork and details that will happen today.
I will update again as soon as I hear from Lisa. I know she and Kevin appreciate all of you and your following them on this very exciting journey. I will make sure they see any comments you leave on her blog.
Sharon for Lisa and Kevin
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
An Eventful 2 Days!
Right now I feel like singing the theme song for Ni Hao Kailan's movie, "We're Going To China". Ever heard that one?
"We're going to China, We're going to China, I feel so happy I just want to sing......!"
My heart is singing and rejoicing right now. My God is so good and faithful to those who trust in Him.
Yesterday, August 7, we got a phone call from our adoption co-ordinator, Aimee, at AWAA. We had our travel approval. We had just gotten an email from the travel co-ordinator saying our Article 5 on July 20th. Then we got the call at 1:06 pm with the good news. She told us to plan on traveling on August 30th. We called our friends, Jamie and Karen, to find out if they had gotten their travel approval. They had! Wow! We have been in singles, church and Bible study together and through the first adoption process at the same time. We just didn't get our children at the same time that go around Today, we got the email from Teresa, our travel co-ordinator. We got our flights booked and believe it or not, we will be traveling with our friends! We will be on the same flights going but they get to come back home the day before us because their consulate appointment will be the day before ours. Their first daughter is the same age as Jonathan and about 2 years younger than Andrew. We got together tonight at China Buffet to celebrate! What a wonderful time! The Lord also blessed us with awesome airline tickets! We (Andrew included) had been praying about that. With the gas prices the way they are right now, we thought the tickets would be astronomical but they weren't! That is a definite praise. Can I hear a big AMEN!!?? After we booked the tickets today, the 3 of us spent time praying together and thanking the Lord for His wonderful blessings! We really wanted to re-iterate this with Andrew.
This afternoon I marked Andrew's calendar and we counted off the night nights until travel. It's 22 night nights from today! Time will fly by quickly. I will be very busy at work making sure orientation stuff is taken care of before I leave and at home getting ready to travel. Well, it's time to get Andrew ready for bed. Please keep us all in prayer. We love you all.
Lisa
"We're going to China, We're going to China, I feel so happy I just want to sing......!"
My heart is singing and rejoicing right now. My God is so good and faithful to those who trust in Him.
Yesterday, August 7, we got a phone call from our adoption co-ordinator, Aimee, at AWAA. We had our travel approval. We had just gotten an email from the travel co-ordinator saying our Article 5 on July 20th. Then we got the call at 1:06 pm with the good news. She told us to plan on traveling on August 30th. We called our friends, Jamie and Karen, to find out if they had gotten their travel approval. They had! Wow! We have been in singles, church and Bible study together and through the first adoption process at the same time. We just didn't get our children at the same time that go around Today, we got the email from Teresa, our travel co-ordinator. We got our flights booked and believe it or not, we will be traveling with our friends! We will be on the same flights going but they get to come back home the day before us because their consulate appointment will be the day before ours. Their first daughter is the same age as Jonathan and about 2 years younger than Andrew. We got together tonight at China Buffet to celebrate! What a wonderful time! The Lord also blessed us with awesome airline tickets! We (Andrew included) had been praying about that. With the gas prices the way they are right now, we thought the tickets would be astronomical but they weren't! That is a definite praise. Can I hear a big AMEN!!?? After we booked the tickets today, the 3 of us spent time praying together and thanking the Lord for His wonderful blessings! We really wanted to re-iterate this with Andrew.
This afternoon I marked Andrew's calendar and we counted off the night nights until travel. It's 22 night nights from today! Time will fly by quickly. I will be very busy at work making sure orientation stuff is taken care of before I leave and at home getting ready to travel. Well, it's time to get Andrew ready for bed. Please keep us all in prayer. We love you all.
Lisa
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Introducing Jonathan Davis Friesen!
In the meantime, we sent him a care package in June. We got the Hallmark book, Under the Same Moon and Kevin and I took turns reading the different pages so he would be familiar with our voice. Andrew even took part in the introduction and farewell. We heard he loves to put chairs in a line and pretend they are a train. So, we also sent a train engine and car for him to play with. Sounds like he and Andrew love some of the same things. Think we'll be taking a few with us to China. We also sent a small stuffed lion and pictures of us and the house. Hopefully, this will help him feel a little more comfortable.
Andrew keeps asking us when we can go get Jonathan. He is really looking forward to having a little brother and going to China. We would love to travel around August 23rd so he will not miss too much school. He starts Kindergarten on August 27.
Pulled our suitcases out and have already weighed them so we can plan our packing. We've already started collecting a few things we need to take. Do we sound like we really want to go? Hope to get our phone call real soon!
Lisa
Lisa
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