Thursday, February 1, 2007

Here we are on the morning of our last day in China. It is 4 AM here and we leave for the airport in 1 hour. We will travel from Guangzhou to Tokyo, Tokyo to Detroit and finally from Detroit to Springfield, Missouri. The flying and layover time will be about 24 hours and we should land in Springfield at 4:40 PM on February 1st. So, if you are in the Springfield area, come on down to the airport and give Becca a good old American welcome home.

Angie and I want to take a few lines to thank everyone for their love, prayers and support. Our coordinator Lina and our guides Lee, Jane and Simon were so informative and hospitable during our stay. We truly would have been lost without their guidance. Thanks so much to Children's Hope International (CHI), our adoption agency, for making the entire process a smooth and enjoyable one. Thanks to Joe and Jennifer for being so efficient and creating such a professional website. Thanks to the people of China for being so warm to us and the Chinese government for allowing us to adopt Becca. Thank you to all our family and friends as we could feel your prayers protecting us with God's love. Thanks to Cindy and Dennis Hughes for taking on the special task of being Becca’s Godparents. Thanks to Vince for being such a good brother that I already want to come back and get Becca a sibling. Especially thank you to our parents for showing their love and devotion to Angie and me and giving us the necessary skills to be outstanding parents ourselves. And just thank you to everyone - I don't want to miss anyone. But above all thank you to God and the sacrifice that He made for us with His Son.

Well that about wraps up our Journey to Becca. We still have to tell you what happens on the flight home and will do so briefly in the We're Home section of this digital journal. We plan one day to share this journal with Becca so if you've haven't signed the guest book and wish to do so, now would be the time.

So for now, goodbye China and hello America!

Victor, Angie and Becca Pace