Journey continues....

This is Gary and I after a week sleeping in hot hotels, no sleep, taking on teenage son..etc
LOL!
Panda bears in love at the Safari Park..



Jenny came to our Hotel in Tianjin.
Great to see her and to finally meet Jenny and
her family.
Jenny is the sweet lady who took Chet
his package that we sent for him to know that he
has a family. We are so thankful for her for doing this
for us and for our son.
Thank you Jenny... we love you!



We went to Safari Park on April 24. This is Chet sitting back taking everything in while us slow eating Americans finish eating. We believe we will enter Chet in the fast eating contest. Thought my brother, Micheal, ate fast... not anymore, Chet can put away some food in no time.
We love this picture of Chet.



Offically CHET LEE FINK



Zhen Sen is officially Chet Lee Fink

 
 

 Civil Affairs office where the
adoption was made final.

Pictures taken as we shop. Chet does not like shopping just like his parents!



Gary making dumplings, Chet is overseeing... Making sure his dad learns right because Chet LOVES dumplings!!

Great Wall of China.....
Raining day but still enjoyed
visiting the Great Wall of China.



We have discovered these few days that our son is going to eat us out of the house and he is FULL of energy. We already know that he is a leader. He is a intelligent young man. He likes to serve, has a kind and loving heart. He is eager to learn and a fast learner. 

Thank you for sharing this journey with us....We are excited to watch God unfold his plan for us and Chet!  

This is the day that the Lord has made...

Our prayer this morning was for God to bless the day, for the process to go smoothly, for us to have fun together. God answered our prayer.... we are so blessed to have Chet in our lives. Enjoy these pictures ....

Chet slept on the top bunk

                                                        Exchanging QQ address with his other Deaf Friend

 

                                                             

Chet not believing that his mom can take him on the court. LOL

We Have Chet!!

No we not foreigners LOL

Gary does not stand out in the crowd, does he?

Temperature we thought felt good, so Gary thought he would wear shorts. When Leo first met us, he said, "you are going to be cold."

Everyone had coats, dressed for our winter, WOW! It felt good to us. But guess who stood out at the train station.

ENJOYING... PIZZA HUT with Leo, our guide!

Sorry Pizza Hut at home... But Pizza Hut in China better.

Guide to inform Children's Welfare Institute

In Tianjin now... exchanged money, ate lunch at PIZZA HUT... went to supermarket to buy drinks and few snacks. WARNING.... do not drink coke from refrigerator in hotel room. 12 ounce can of coke from refrigerator in hotel cost $7...WOW! Around 3pm, we were headed back to hotel to chill and prepare for big day on Monday, getting our son. We asked the guide what is he doing rest of day, resting? He said, "No, going to call Welfare Insitiute to tell them Zhen Sen's family is here and that we will leave the hotel at 9am Monday to head to the Welfare Institute." So around 330pm, Zhen Sen, Chet, knows his family is here for him.

God continues to show us this is His plan... Tonight around 9pm, we turned the TV on HBO. Blind Side was on in ENGLISH. Of all movies, Blind Side, about adopting someone who needed a family to love him.

Stay tuned for MONDAY.... as soon as we can get pictures posted on the blog we will...

Thank you all for the many prayers. Monday is going to be emotional day for Chet, us, his friends at home and all involved.

WE LOVE YOU.... and Praising God for WHO HE IS!

HEADING TO BRING CHET HOME!!!!!

We received our Provisional Approval on Jan 27, 2011, NVC Letter was submitted on Feb 17, Article 5 picked up on March 5th..........TRAVEL APPROVAL on March 21


RIGHT NOW sitting in Chicago airport boarding in 15 min to head to Beijing......

God has been and is AMAZING!

PRAY FOR US AS WE JOURNEY ON....

We are excited to meet Chet and bring him home!!!!

Meant To Be

God wonderfully made EVERYONE: He made NO mistakes: EVERYONE IS MEANT TO BE!

We heard this song, we thought of Chet. Right now at this moment he does not realize that he IS perfectly, wonderfully, beautifully MEANT TO BE. Our prayer for our son is for him to believe the words of this song. God has perfectly, wonderfully and beautifully made Chet and has a beautiful plan for him. We are so THANKFUL that we get to enjoy this ride with Chet as God reveals His plan for him a day at a time. GOD IS SO AWESOME!

ENJOY THIS AWESOME SONG and know YOU ARE MEANT TO BE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9ksMpwqjXQ&feature=player_embedded

Chet finding out he has a family

At 7:50am, we received the email from Jenny as to how it went with Chet. Here's the email,

The package went well. He did seem a little confused but I figured out why when his foster mom came in the room. She came in and started playfully hitting him on the arm, laughing and scolding at the same time. I guess she kept telling him he had a family from America and he kept saying,

"Who would want me? You're teasing me. I don't have a family."

So she was teasing him about not believing her. So I think he was actually in DISBELIEF... they had one of the older girls come in and sign for him. He is a handsome boy and his foster mom seems to have great affection for him. That was nice to see. The orphanage videoed most of it but then their battery died. I should have the video tomorrow or the next day because they had to charge the camera before they could transfer it for me.

Here are some pictures.

Jenny Kuritar

International Committee for Chinese

Orphans Co-Chairperson

We are so blessed!!!

Jenny heading to the Orphanage

Jan 10, 2011 at 7:59pm our time (China time 7:59am 1/11/11); we received email from Jenny. The email said,

    "I'm heading to the orphanage and hoping to be able to give Zhen Sen his box for you."

We ofcourse so excited, we emailed and texted people to pray. Finally Chet was going to find out that he has a family. Our prayer was for the process to happen today because Chet needs to know. If God wants to bless us with a video and/or pictures then that would be just an added bonus. Our goal, is for Chet to know HE IS LOVED and HE IS WONDERFULLY MADE BY GOD, he has a family who is coming to get him and he will be near his friends again.

12am... still no word how it went. I mentioned to Gary, "Well I guess if we have not heard anything then Chet has the package and it is taking them a while to go through it."

12:30am... decided to go to bed. But every hour I woke up checking my blackberry to see if I have a email from Jenny. NOTHING....

UNTIL... 7:50am...