Day 8- flying to Guangzhou

We left Lanzhou at 9:00 am for a 12:15 flight to Guangzhou.  Not many pictures today, but I still wanted to post because it's just getting down right comical these days.  Lanzhou has a population of approximately 3 million, and is considered a smaller city- as we waited 1-1/2hrs for flight we realized the entire population was in the airport with us- we were shoulder to shoulder... Luke did great the first 30 minutes and then we realized he wanted to become a human mop!! Yes- mop!  He cried.. older ladies looked at me like I was hurting him, but he would only stop crying if he hung upside down with me holding him at his lower back.  We then began to board- oh no, not the plane (like we thought) but a very full bus that drove us to the center of the runway parking plane area thing😆 and we were confused... then we all of a sudden approached the plane- and the steps were let down for us to board- I told Craig I was feeling a bit like royalty for about 1 minute, until we boarded.  

Craig was absolutely amazing today on the 3+ hr flight with Luke. I was so traumatized by our flight Sunday that I instantly went into shutdown mode.. Craig said I was really pale and I told him- inspite of thinking we shouldn't pray for safety (prior to trip) because God is Sovreign and it seems silly- I totally prayed 🙏BeGgInG🙏 God for a good, uneventful flight today- He already knows my thoughts anyways, right!? Hallelujah, it was fine!

We landed in Guangzhou around 4:00 pm and were met by a delightful lady named Helen!  We fell in love with her instantly. She's about the age of my mom Helen- and she is such a tender, sweet-spirited lady.  She thanked us for adopting Luke and told us because of this we were changing the course of his entire life.  I don't know about her salvation- but she couldn't be more right about the course of his life- his province is heavily a Budda and Muslim area and he's coming to the south to the Bible Belt where,  praise God- His word is taught, revered, and magnified!! 

Once we checked in tonight we sent our laundry out to be cleaned and then Craig went out for McDonalds!! Yes- McD's sounded magnificent! We've lost quite a bit of weight this week- more than we realized, but Guangzhou has many western, English-speaking places.  We've enjoyed trying new foods this past week- we just had difficulty ordering- so we wouldn't be able to eat what we ordered much of the time (but it's all ok)!  Luke had his first Happy Meal tonight- and really enjoyed it. 

Tomorrow is Luke's medical exam- 9:00 am.  Please pray for his health- he still has a bad cough and cold.  Helen told us if he had fever it could interfere with exam results- praying no fever!!

Good night from Guangzhou!!

Much love to you all❤️