As Taco Bell Would Say . . . "Good to Go"

The dates are set and the packing has begun. We finally got our "in-country" travel itinerary today. Jeannette, Jameson and I will fly out of Klamath Falls to Portland on March 22. Phillip and Jordan will stay in Klamath Falls under the watchful eye of Aaron and Kim Knapp from our church. At PDX, we'll meet my sister, Laura, and continue to to Beijing via Tokyo. We're getting to Beijing a day ahead of the other families who are in our "travel group." We're staying at the Radisson in Beijing, which looks pretty darn swanky. We're scheduled to visit the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City (and are really excited to hear that Beijing should be unseasonably warm in the next week or so!).

After several days in Beijing, we'll fly to Guangzhou, where we'll be for the balance of our trip. We should receive MelodyJoy on Monday, March 27 (which is the 26th in the USA). In Guangzhou, we'll have a lot of appointments but also should have quite a bit of down time to get to know MelodyJoy and explore the city. Please pray for an easy transition for her and for us! We're scheduled to stay at the China Hotel by Marriott . . . which looks really swanky.

We will fly home on April 5, arriving around 8:30 in the morning at PDX. We have about a six hour layover in Portland so we plan to camp out at the Rose City Cafe at the airport. We're hoping to see my folks, Laura's husband and perhaps some other friends there during the layover before we jump back on the plane around 2:30 to fly back to K Falls. Let me know if you want to join us!<