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Be careful what you pray for, you just might get it.

On the way to Nanchang I prayed my way through most of the flight. I prayed that we and the other families with us would have a wonderful day meeting our new children and that all would transition well.

I feel that God answered my prayers as I hoped he would.

On our last day in Guangzhou, I again found myself praying rather fervently, that travel home would go smoothly.

A lot is usually said about flying the long flight home with your new child. I wasn't worried about that so much as about our arrangements in general. We had about three flights home, from Guangzhou to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Chicago, and Chicago to Madison. Between these two flights there was only about two hours of lee way. Essentially, if one flight got delayed, especially one of the earlier flights, it could be very costly.

So my prayers were for no delays, plain and simple.

The flight to Hong Kong boarded early and arrived about ten minutes early. The flight to Chicago left on time and landed about 10 minutes early. The flight to Madison boarded on time and landed 20 minutes early.

The prayer of a righteous man availeth much, James wrote.

Nathanael was relatively easy on the flights too, although he did not sleep well and when he saw he was taking a third flight, he was a little cranky, but he's OK.

Once we got home, we were all tired and we all did not sleep. Hee hee. Call it jet lag, but it was a long night.

Today was Nathanael's first full day in his forever family and home. His big brother and sisters have been doting on him and have treated him so remarkably well. They have been waiting for this day just as long as all of us. They were great. We loved seeing them again. Little Emily, who is no longer the littlest, said to me: I don't want you to be gone for another fourteen weeks, Daddy.

14 days, little one.

I know, she said, but it felt like 14 weeks.

Yup. I know the feeling.

It's GREAT to be HOME again.

Dan