Beijing - Day One

(Note: post written yesterday but unable to publish due to connection. Hong Kong is wonderful so far)

Due to jet lag we were up early. Tossing and turning after 4:30 and out of bed around 5:30. It will be miracle if this post makes any sense at this point in the day. The visit to the foster home this morning could not have gone better. Praise the Lord!!! Our prayer had been 1. That we could clearly communicate our gratitude to the foster family and foster home, 2. The foster family would feel comforted by meeting us in sending the girls to our home and 3. That we could soak up the sights, sounds, and people to pass along to the girls as they get older and gather information to help with the transition. God completely answered our (thats a collective our, thanks so much for praying) prayers! We were able to connect with the foster mom and even hear some of her heart as she gets ready to send the girls off. We had  4 pages (double spaced at least) of questions for her and she graciously answered them all.  We could tell she genuinely loves the girls. She is such a joyful lady and was truly an encouragement to us.  The foster home staff were so generous with their time in giving us a tour of the foster home, taking us to the foster family's home (the foster dad had the girls at the park:), and going through the twins' medical and developmental records with us. We are blown away by God's goodness to us and the girls in allowing them to be cared for by this foster home. We're now on our way to Hong Kong to spend a couple of nights until we can get the girls on Monday. We so appreciate your prayers. God is answering them.  "Great is Thy faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies I see, all I hath needed Thy hand hath provided. Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me (us)." 

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