Wednesday, Oct 17 at 5 am Guangzhou time

We leave for the airport in 1 hour and so this has gotta be very, very quick . . .

Yesterday went smoothly. We went to the U.S. Consulate and had all of the paperwork completed. There were probably 15 other families there as well that were adopting.

Now that we have completed everything at the U.S. Consulate, when we touch down in Detroit, Zachary Eli Toering will automatically become a U.S. citizen!

We had a celebration dinner yesterday with our adoption group (3 other families plus us). It was a huge dinner - probably 20 or 25 dishes. A nice finish to the whole thing.

A very nice surprise was that our friend Sandy - whom we met 2 years ago in China and have stayed in touch with since then - was able to travel to see us. Sandy used to live in Changsha, and now she lives in Shenzen, which is close to Hong Kong. She travelled about 3 hours one way to see us. It was great to see her.

Okay, gotta run. This is the last post until we return! Thanks to all of you for your support by way of prayers and email!

Gord