Friday, August 31, 2007

Prayers & Trip Details

We are soliciting prayers for obvious reasons again, but most esp.ly for Monday afternoon [China time] Sept 17. That's when we complete our family. SPECIFIC prayers would be for Elizabeth's attachment to us and us to her and esp.ly for Catherine to fall in love with her sister at 1st site and forever. She's already testing and checking and thinking about 'how much love I'll have left for her'.

So here's the official details if you are in to more specific prayers...
1 14SEP Charleston (CHS) Chicago (ORD)
2 14SEP Chicago (ORD) Beijing (PEK) (300P Ar 15SEP)
3 27SEP Hong Kong (HKG) Chicago (ORD)
4 27SEP Chicago (ORD) Charleston (CHS) 1042P

Baby Elizabeth's update:
High 71cm [27in]
weight 9kg [19.8lbs]
teeth up 3 and down 3 .

Itinerary for Family Turnage, adopting Lin Yan Xue >> ELIZABETH MEI TURNAGE

September 15 Arrive in Beijing 15:00, stay at Capital Hotel in Beijing

September 16 Sightseeing the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall

September 17 fly to Changsha from Beijing, Meet the child in the afternoon, stay at the Hua Tian Hotel [SAME hotel that Catherine and I met in!!!]

September 18 Registration and Notarization

September 19 Local sightseeing: Provincial Museum

September 20 Local sightseeing: Hunan Embroidery Museum

September 21 Local sightseeing: Yuelu Academy

September 22 Local sightseeing: the Zoo

September 23 Get passport, Fly to Guangzhou from Changsha, stay in the White Swan Hotel

September 24 Physical test and Photo taking, visit Liu Rong Temple

September 25 Visa application and visit Cheng Jia Temple

September 26 getting the visa, visit Liu Hua Lake Park

September 27 Leave Guangzhou for HK and home late that night

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Catherine,

Hi! This is Aimee. I'm the one who met you at the airport with your grandmother before Triennium. We sat in the place together while we waited for our bus to take us to Triennium. Anyway, I just want to say to you that this is a GREAT blog!

Congratulations to you for becoming a big sister! I am so proud of you and know you will be a great big sister. You can show Elizabeth lots of things and I'm sure she'll be able to teach you a few things, too! Most of all you can show her how to "love like a Turnage girl!" Take care!

Love, Aimee (your Mommy's friend and now yours, too!)

Anonymous said...

We are so happy for you Turnages and will continue to lift you up in our prayers!

Elizabeth is SOOOOO blessed to have such a wonderful big sister and amazing mommy.

We can't wait to walk with you on this journey, and Turner is ready for a NEW FRIEND!!!

Love,
Alison, Thomas and Turner

Anonymous said...

I'm so excited to stay up to date on the goings on of your journey.

Keep us posted!

Anonymous said...

Our prayers are with you. We know that Elizabeth will complete your family and have no doubt that you and Catherine have more than enough love for Elizabeth. Safe travels and we look forward to seeing Catherine and meeting her new sister.

Terry, Kelly, Noah and Jack

Anonymous said...

Lynn, I didn't know that you and Catherine were getting a new sister. We are so happy for you and will continue to pray for you as your travels begin, while you are in China, and on your trip home with Two beautiful girls. Tell Catherine that Elizabeth will love her as much as she will love Elizabeth. We look forward to meeting our new Sister in Christ. Elizabeth and Paul Grantham

Jane said...

Hello Turnages leaving for China to get little MeiMei: I wrote you a message, but it got lost in blogoshere, I guess. The message was I am keeping you all in my heart as you travel to and around about in China. I will google the places you go and pray for your safety and comfort all along the way. So, I hope you will be able to update your blog while you are in China. Love to you all!