Ready for Home - Last Day in China

Today Zhou went to the consulate and picked up Justin's Visa (along with those of 3 other kiddos) which means today was our last day in China ! We leave bright and early tomorrow to head home!!

Officially approved to go home!

For our last day in China we spent time with some of the other families and did a little last minute shopping/visiting.

One of the highlights of our day was lunch with one of our favorite couples - Jamie and Erik (as usual many of the pics in this post are compliments of Jamie's talents and photo taking diligence). We walked over to the mall and had a nice, relaxing lunch at Pizza Hut (I know eating at Pizza Hut probably doesn't sound that great to all of you back home but it was so nice to have some comfort food and just hang with friends) - we ordered by ourselves and everything (Zhou would be so proud)! We feel extra blessed that Jamie and Erik are fellow Ohioans and we are already planning lots of visits once home!

I don't have a picture of them at lunch but here is one taken a few days before

Photo Jamie snapped of us trying to decipher the menu and decide what to order

Since it was our last night all together we decided to go out to eat as a big group at the the hotel restaurant for our final Chinese meal (I was very cautious about what I ate because I did not want any tummy trouble on our long travel day home). 

Family photos were the final order of business for our last night together! I cannot tell you how much we adore every one of these families! And what I love even more is that each one of these photos represents ONE LESS orphan - these precious little ones now part of a forever family! Praise God!

'I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.' ~John 14:18

And one last pic of the whole gang with Zhou!

Tomorrow, along with 3 of the other families, we head HOME!!! (the final two families head home on Thursday)