New Stamp In my Passport

I made it to China!! (And I have access to my blog)

I'm not exactly sure what day it is but if I had to venture a guess I'd say it is Friday here.

The trip here went well.  I met up with the team at the airport in Chicago and we all boarded the plane bound for Beijing.  After a weird safety demonstration (if I can find it on you tube,I will link to it when I get home) and a take off that would have riveled a roller coaster ride, I settled in for 12 hours.

A few movies, a couple of hour long podcasts, and a couple of meals later, we flew over the Great Wall of China (no I didn't photograph it because if you remember I was sitting in the middle section of the plane.  That section doesn't lend it self to good photo ops.) and landed in Beijing, China.  The landing more than made up for the take off - one of the smoothest I've ever experienced.

The sun never changed positions the whole trip - it was afternoon the whole time.  That has a way of messing you up.

After making it through immigration and customs and another security check, we made it to our next flight.  This time it actually got dark so I slept.

We made it to our hotel about midnight local time.

Today we aren't exactly hitting the ground running but will leave shortly to go the first  orphanage.

Thanks to everyone who has been praying.  Sitting I the middle section of the plane wasn't so bad and I only had to grip the daylights out of my neck pillow twice - once on takeoff and then once when we hit some rough turbulence.  All things considered, I view that as a victory.

I have a headache this morning so please pray that subsides.

Pray I can be an encouragement to the team and light and love to the children we see today!