What an Amazing Day!

We had the most amazing day in Hong Kong yesterday! To truly understand how awesome it was and how God had been working, I have to go back to our original flight plans made about 3 weeks ago that had mom & I flying right into Guangzhou with Destiney taking the train from Hong Kong & meeting us at in China.

About 2 weeks ago, that flight (the perfect flight in my world) got cancelled. I was ticked - I couldn't believe that God wouldn't allow this perfect plan to be executed! After much griping and a lot of research on the part of our travel agency & myself we found an alternative flight - but it would require that we stay overnight on Saturday night in Hong Kong - so that's what we did.

About a week later, I received an e-mail from a woman, Carol, who had seen a post I had written on the yahoo group for Becky's SWI. She had adopted a daughter from the same SWI about 9 years ago, and had just returned from a homeland visit to the SWI with her family. She told me that she might have some pictures of Becky from that visit. She also told me that she & her husband & daughters lived in Hong Kong (!) and he was a pastor at the EvFree church in Discovery Bay (!!). How cool! We arranged that mom, Destiney & I would take the ferry over to DB on Sunday morning and attend worship at their church!

It gets better - when I told Destiney about this, she had said God had put on her heart to do some kind of ministry (besides being with me!) while in China. Destiney is an amazing worship leader with an incredible musical gift. I sent an e-mail off to Carol about Destiney offering to help in the worship at church (it was Monday) for that Sunday. We got an e-mail back from the worship leader Nadine, who invited Destiney to participate with the team that Sunday. As it is the fourth Sunday of the month, there is a group of Filipino domestic workers who lead worship - and they were practicing on Sunday morning before the service instead of the time usual after services the week before!

After 4 hours sleep (ouch!), we took the ferry over, and met Carol & Nadine. Destiney went to practice, and Carol, mom & I looked at her pictures from the visit. Some I can't talk about right now (I will post after we get home about them)- it is too emotional & hard to talk about. BUT - praise God she did have at least two of Becky!!!

We went to service, and to say it was a blessing would be so inadequate. Destiney sang with the Filipino workers - who have one day off a week, and chose to spend it worshipping the Lord. She also did the offering song - and so many people were so ushered into the presence of God by her gift. The sermon was awesome - how often do we as adults get to really talk about Jonah! We went to lunch afterwards at a great Thai place- and just had a marvelous time!

What a wonderful way to start this adoption travel trip - with a mom who walked this exact path that I am taking today 9 years ago and to sit with her & her daughter today and see how God has powerfully moved in their lives

We then travelled by train to Guangzhou -where Destiney almost got rejected at immigration! It seems that her passport photo is too light and they couldn't verify it was her - so we are off to the US Consulate this morning to try and get it straightened out or she will "have trouble" when she tries to leave!

This afternoon - I think we 'll go get a baby!!!