As China Approaches......

It looks like China is now a green light. The final contract offer is done and all we have to do is sign. With this being the first official blog of our adventure, a quick background re-cap. Tony was approached be the Beckett Company (based in Cleavland, OH) just before Ellie was born in March and was asked to consider the General Manager position of their new joint venture in China. We went forward with it, not really knowing where God was leading and everything since then has fallen so perfectly into place that we are confident this is the next step for our family. When Ellie was 6 weeks old, Tony, her and I took a week trip to Beijing to meet with the current staff and get a feel for the area. We both loved it (and Ellie, too, she was happy the whole time!) and could see moving the family there. Since that trip, Tony was able to get in to have colon surgery, with a Dr. that is normally booked out for months, and things with family, finances and beginning to pair down all our stuff is moving forward. As things look now, Tony is going to give his one month notice to Boeing on June 1st and he will be moving on July 1st. I'm going to stay here with the kids until probably October to get everything sold and so Ellie can get the bulk of her vaccinations before we hurl her into a cultural peitre (sp?) dish. It is a day to day roller coaster of emotions, from completely excited to completely terrified, as I try to process the reality we are about to transition into. But knowing that God has, is and will go before us makes all the difference and I'm excited to now have a new reason to completely rely on Christ. Because there is no way I would ever do this without Him.