Day 1-2, April 11-12, Travel Day
We should also title this page, "Why you shouldn't stay up for 36 hours straight!" :)
On Tuesday night (4/10), Blair went for one last workout at the high school pool. Good idea in one sense, because he'd need the energy for the long day, but bad for all the endorphins that kept him up all night....Tami packed until very late, and then her son Steve came over and stayed up with her watching movies. So, bottom line, we didn't go to bed at all Tuesday night, and were awake when the shuttle van picked us up at 3:30 am. Little did we know that we wouldn't see the sun set for another day and a half....
Our 2 hour flight to San Francisco was very uneventful. The 11 1/2 hour flight to Beijing, however, was a different story. Different in that it felt like forever getting to China. We did a lot of eating (4 lunches and 2 separate snacks) and cat-napping. We weren't too interested in the movies (Happy Feet and Casino Royale), nor did we watch any that we brought. We just tried to shut our eyes and pray that we could sleep. Word to the wise--get a good night's sleep before this 6150 mile plane ride!
The great thing, however, during the flight was that we were able to connect with the other Faith family, the Gonsoulin family from Beaumont, Texas. Both Ralph and Hope are from Louisiana, and met at LSU, so Blair got to kill some of the plane ride talking college football with Ralph. :) They have four children (and the fifth one coming up in 4 days!), and brought their 13 year old son Christian. (Only son too, because with their Chinese baby Arabella, they will have four daughters). Christian is a great kid, and we are really enjoying him. So well behaved and funny....also, Ralph works for Exxon, and Hope stays home to homeschool the kids. She also teaches art and drama in her "spare time", a real go-getter. Anyway, a terrific and Godly family that we are really enjoying getting to know. We hope that we will be friends for a very long time. I have no doubt that the Lord put us together for the encouragement (and laughter).
Arabella was abandoned not less than a week before Alison, at the same Kindergarten in Maoming City. We like to think they are playmates, and maybe even cripmates.
Anyway, we got to our hotel at around 6 pm Thursday. All we wanted was a shower and a bed.....slept until 2:30 in the morning. We got up for awhile, talked for a bit, but then fell asleep again for another three hours. Next thing we know it's Friday morning.
On Tuesday night (4/10), Blair went for one last workout at the high school pool. Good idea in one sense, because he'd need the energy for the long day, but bad for all the endorphins that kept him up all night....Tami packed until very late, and then her son Steve came over and stayed up with her watching movies. So, bottom line, we didn't go to bed at all Tuesday night, and were awake when the shuttle van picked us up at 3:30 am. Little did we know that we wouldn't see the sun set for another day and a half....
Our 2 hour flight to San Francisco was very uneventful. The 11 1/2 hour flight to Beijing, however, was a different story. Different in that it felt like forever getting to China. We did a lot of eating (4 lunches and 2 separate snacks) and cat-napping. We weren't too interested in the movies (Happy Feet and Casino Royale), nor did we watch any that we brought. We just tried to shut our eyes and pray that we could sleep. Word to the wise--get a good night's sleep before this 6150 mile plane ride!
The great thing, however, during the flight was that we were able to connect with the other Faith family, the Gonsoulin family from Beaumont, Texas. Both Ralph and Hope are from Louisiana, and met at LSU, so Blair got to kill some of the plane ride talking college football with Ralph. :) They have four children (and the fifth one coming up in 4 days!), and brought their 13 year old son Christian. (Only son too, because with their Chinese baby Arabella, they will have four daughters). Christian is a great kid, and we are really enjoying him. So well behaved and funny....also, Ralph works for Exxon, and Hope stays home to homeschool the kids. She also teaches art and drama in her "spare time", a real go-getter. Anyway, a terrific and Godly family that we are really enjoying getting to know. We hope that we will be friends for a very long time. I have no doubt that the Lord put us together for the encouragement (and laughter).
Arabella was abandoned not less than a week before Alison, at the same Kindergarten in Maoming City. We like to think they are playmates, and maybe even cripmates.
Anyway, we got to our hotel at around 6 pm Thursday. All we wanted was a shower and a bed.....slept until 2:30 in the morning. We got up for awhile, talked for a bit, but then fell asleep again for another three hours. Next thing we know it's Friday morning.
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