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| I hope we get to fly on a Hello Kitty plane!!! |
Finally! Today is the day! Grace and I leave for LA tonight
at 8:00, then take off from there at 12:30 for Taipei. I have so many feelings
about this trip I just might burst. First, I feel so blessed – blessed by the
friends who have supported us, blessed by the people praying for us, and
blessed by God for putting us on this path. I am so excited and Grace is so
exited and I’m so excited to see her so excited. I am anxious to see our
Canadian friends and our Catalyst friends and our sweet adoption coordinator,
Thuy. I’m nervous about returning to the orphanage where Grace lived the first
few years of her life. I’m nervous about how she’s going to feel after being
there again. And I’m nervous about crossing the street (the first time always
makes my legs shake, but then we’ll be off and running.).
I am so happy that Grace will have this experience. I can’t
imagine what’s going through her mind (she’s almost 13, so I don’t always have
the privilege of knowing). I’m hoping
she’ll share and allow me to share, and I’m hoping she’ll post on her own blog.
I can’t imagine how this trip is going to change her and how she sees the
world. It’s my hope that she will be captivated by Vietnam and will leave with
the desire to return again and again. Vietnam is catchy like that. Something
about it gets into your soul and doesn't let go. I don’t know if it’s the
beauty, the people, the food, or a little bit of each. I just hope she catches
it. And please, Dear Lord, nothing else.
