A Clear Sign

Anita's parents and Matt's mother and stepdad brought us Smith's to the Los Angeles International airport (aka LAX) on Wednesday night. It was so nice to have them pray with us before we left, and we were so blessed to have had the extra help at the house with the last minute details of leaving it for two weeks!
We boarded our flight with Asiana Airlines at 12:20 am on Thursday morning, August 28th. The kids were so excited to stay up late. Asiana Airlines was great! The plane was very nice and even in coach class we got hot towels to wash our face at bedtime. All the seats had a personal screen to view various channels of entertainment and movies. I think each of the kids watched at least two movies during the flight. Elijah probably slept the most--I cut off his movies at 2am Cali time. Madison slept the least--almost none. Except for the crick in our necks, it was a great flight.
We were a grumpy crew as we arrived in Seoul, Korea, at about 6am Korea time, but overall the kids and we were doing very well. The airport was nice and empty. We all stretched out across the chairs and slept. It was so nice to sleep stretched out flat! We were there two hours and then got our connection to Beijing. Madison and Brevin both slept the entire flight. When we got off the plane we said, "We're in China! Guess what? We're in China!" The airport here is really nice having been remodeled prior to the Olympics. Our America World guide, Sherry, informed us that the airport is in the shape of a turtle because the turtle is a symbol of longevity. I love all the symbolism that is part of the Chinese culture.

We still can't believe it, but the Smiths have arrived in China!