Family of five, ready to become family of six!!!!

Well.........We are frantically getting ready to go to China to pick up our new daughter! Between getting ourselves packed, and packing for three children who will be at their grandparent's for two weeks, one can easily get a little STRESSED! But, it is so well worth it!!!!

Please pray that the kids adjust to life without mom and dad for a couple weeks. Who am I kidding? They are going to have a BLAST! Please pray for mom and dad, as they will miss their 3 children at home in Ohio. Pray for the grandparents, too, as they are not used to 3 little ones all day, every day!!!!

Please pray that we have safe and non-complicated travels to China and back. Also, please pray for Ava (Xiao E), as she will have her life turned upside-down for a time!

We will try our best to post to our blog in China, but if we have trouble, we will try to send out some mass emails to let you know how things are coming. We will probably not be able to view our blog in China, so if you want to respond, you may email us at wetzel_paul@earthlink.net.

We leave early Friday (Feb. 3) and return Feb. 16 in the evening. We will be in Changsha, Hunan from Feb. 4-Feb. 12 and in Guangzhou, Guandong from Feb. 12-Feb. 16. We should be meeting Ava on the morning of Feb. 6 (which will be during the night of Feb. 5 for you all).

Thanks for your prayers!!!!!!