We are extremely excited to be able to return to China this year! We met the Slater family  in June 2005 when we traveled with 16 other families during our adoption trip. During that trip, we quickly befriended the Slater’s and have remained close friends over the last nine years. We feel so blessed to have the opportunity to return to China with the them and visit the girl’s birth country. We have a very exciting trip planned over the next couple weeks. We will be hitting some top tourist sites (The Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Terracotta Warriors, etc) and soaking up the “real” China (lunch in a local’s home, touring a tea farm, visiting a local school, etc).  I intend to update our trip nightly (hopefully) for those of you that care to share this experience with us.

Please keep our family in your prayers for a safe and wonderful trip.