It's Confirmed - US Consulate on September 21
At 7am this morning Bethanne contacted us to let us know that our September 21 consulate date has been confirmed. This means we will be traveling this week as planned. Unfortunately we could not get on a flight on Wednesday, September 6. But we will fly out on Thursday, September 7. Our travel to China will look something like this:
September 6 - Drive to Chicago to Klasen's house who will take us to the Airport Hilton. Our vehicle will stay at their house.
September 7 - Flight 895 departs Chicago O'Hare at 12:18pm non-stop to Hong Kong. We wll meet Melinda and Meghan Keppler at the International Gate and they will be traveling with us to China.
September 8 - arrive in Hong Kong at 4:50pm (they are 14 hours ahead of us)
A guide will meet us at the airport and take us to the Marco Polo hotel in Kowloon.
September 9 - Sightseeing in Hong Kong. This should include Hong Kong Disney.
September 10 - Fly to Guangzhou (don't know flights or hotels at this time. Being handled by Sunny Ridge.)
September 10 or 11 - Raegan will be placed with us at our hotel.
September 12 - Interviews with Department of Civil Affairs and Department of Notary. Adoption is final.
The rest of our stay will be various sight seeing, hopefully including a trip to Shantou to visit Raegan's institute. We will also pick up Raegan's Chinese passport, have her medical exam, and finalize her paperwork.
September 21 - Swearing in ceremony at US Consulate.
September 22 - Pick up Raegan's Visa
September 23 - Depart Guangzhou to Hong Kong. Depart Hong Kong on flight 896 to Chicago O'Hare at 12:45pm. Arrive at Chicago O'Hare at 2:17pm. Klasens will be there to pick us up. We'll go to our car and head for Bloomington.
We will update our itinerary as we know more details.
September 6 - Drive to Chicago to Klasen's house who will take us to the Airport Hilton. Our vehicle will stay at their house.
September 7 - Flight 895 departs Chicago O'Hare at 12:18pm non-stop to Hong Kong. We wll meet Melinda and Meghan Keppler at the International Gate and they will be traveling with us to China.
September 8 - arrive in Hong Kong at 4:50pm (they are 14 hours ahead of us)
A guide will meet us at the airport and take us to the Marco Polo hotel in Kowloon.
September 9 - Sightseeing in Hong Kong. This should include Hong Kong Disney.
September 10 - Fly to Guangzhou (don't know flights or hotels at this time. Being handled by Sunny Ridge.)
September 10 or 11 - Raegan will be placed with us at our hotel.
September 12 - Interviews with Department of Civil Affairs and Department of Notary. Adoption is final.
The rest of our stay will be various sight seeing, hopefully including a trip to Shantou to visit Raegan's institute. We will also pick up Raegan's Chinese passport, have her medical exam, and finalize her paperwork.
September 21 - Swearing in ceremony at US Consulate.
September 22 - Pick up Raegan's Visa
September 23 - Depart Guangzhou to Hong Kong. Depart Hong Kong on flight 896 to Chicago O'Hare at 12:45pm. Arrive at Chicago O'Hare at 2:17pm. Klasens will be there to pick us up. We'll go to our car and head for Bloomington.
We will update our itinerary as we know more details.
posted by Tina Biggs at
10:53 PM
2 Comments:
You will be in our prayers and thoughts throughout your trip. We love all three of you -- and soon to be four of you! Isn't life great!
Congratulations!!! You're finally on your way!! We're so excited for all of you - and especially for sweet, little Reagan, whose life is about to drastically change. We can't wait to hear all about your journey, so please post updates as often as possible!!! So excited to hear that you're staying at the Marco Polo in Kowloon. You'll love it there! God bless and Godspeed as you follow your hearts half way around the world!
Hugs,
Michelle
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