Giving Thanks

Suze and Jo having "Royal Tea" at Gracie's Tea Room

Ray and Sandra Grace having breakfast with COTW families

Lindy, Mae Mae, and Grandma Pat

Beautiful Mae Mae

Having dinner with our dear sweet friends from church.

(Left to right) Nick, Judy, Jerry, Suze, Brad, Gayle, and Dot

Psalms 107:1 "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever".

We are so blessed! This is such a great time of the year: changing of the seasons and Thanksgiving. What a perfect time to get our son! God's timing is perfect and in less than a week we will be off on our incredible journey of a lifetime! We have been very busy packing and buying last minute items. I am sure we will pack and repack many times before we get it right. There is a 44 pound weight limit on all checked baggage in China! We have got Sam's suitcase packed and we are starting to work on ours. Today is my (Suze) birthday. To honor the occasion, Joetta treated me to Royal Tea at Gracie's Tea Room. It was so much fun and very relaxing!! Earlier in the day, several Children of the World families enjoyed at reunion breakfast at Cracker Barrel. We can't wait for Sam to be part of this wonderful COTW family! Our agency director is affectionately known as "mama" or "grandma Pat". She has helped unite hundreds of children with their forever families! She will be traveling with us next week and so we will be in very good hands!! Friday evening, our dear friends Judy and Jerry treated us to dinner at Sommer's Place. We were joined by some other friends from our Sunday School class. God has put so many wonderful people in our life over the last year! Today for my birthday, my "twin" Sherry took me to lunch and then we went shopping for some last minute items on our packing list. Tonight, Nick and I will just relax and order pizza. We are enjoying every minute of preparing for Sam! I will post again in the next few days before we leave!