In China
June 23  |  June 24-25  |  June 26  |  Callie Day!  |  June 28  |  June 29  |  June 30-July 1  |  July 2  |  July 3  |  July 4  |  July 5  |  July 6

OUR ITINERARY 06/22 Nonstop flight from Atlanta to Shanghai; Board Overnight train to Xi’An 06/23 Arrive in Xi’An; Check in hotel; Sight Seeing in Xi’An in afternoon 06/24 Visit the Terra-Cotta Warriors; Museum; Take train to Nanjing (7:46 pm- 8:08 am- next day arrival) 06/25 Arrive in Nanjing/ check in and sightseeing in Nanjing 06/26 Free day in Nanjing 06/27 Meet Callyn Hope YouYun 06/28 Go to the Civil Affairs Office for adoption registration, notary and passport processing . 06/29 Go to Suzhou by train; Visit Callie’s orphanage 06/30 Tour Suzhou, Go back to Nanjing by train. 07/01 Pick up child’s passport and other documents. Fly to Guangzhou. Check in at the Garden Hotel 07/02 Medical exam for Callyn. 07/03 Sight-seeing in Guangzhou. 07/04 Medical exam follow-up. 07/05 Visa interview at the American Consulate at 10:00 am. 07/06 Go to the American Consulate to pick up Callyn’s visa in the afternoon. 07/07 Go to Hong Kong Airport by a chartered van. Check in at the Regal Hotel 07/08 Depart Hong Kong on flight DL186 at 9:20 am; Arrive in Atlanta 5:52 PM

As a girl I had a common dream, to be a mom someday.
My baby would have eyes of blue and hair the hue of hay.
But now my dreams have been transformed. New visions fill my head.
Now the tresses that I long to stroke are raven black instead.
And in my dreams those are not so big or blue or round.
And in my dreams they’re almond shaped and colored cocoa brown.
And in my dreams my arms can stretch across enormous seas.
They reach half-way across the world and hold you close to me.
As you grow in your mother’s womb carefully knit together,
You also grow in my heart where you will stay forever.
And in my dreams the moment that your mother says good-bye,
I’ll be right there to comfort you and hold you as you cry.
Our features may not look alike; we’re as different as can be.
But still I know the Father has created you for me.
And though I’ve not yet seen your face or held your tiny hands,
and though we’re half a world apart in very different lands.
I’ll be right there to get you just as soon as God allows.
But ‘til he says the time is right, I give to you this vow.
I’ll pray for your protection every night on bended knee,
For God will hold you in his arms until you’re here with me.
~written by Gayle Leubecker


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