Hannah Yuanli Burkhardt

Hannah Yuanli Burkhardt
We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children Romans 8:23

March 28, 2009

Day 1 Travel







Hello Everyone,
It is 1:43 a.m. here and wow am I tired. We left Detroit around 2:00 today and arrived in Beijing around 10:00 p.m there time( approx. 20 hrs.) The kids were incredible and the flight was uneventfull which was great. We flew from Detroit to Tokyo to Beijing with only a 3 hr lay over. The food was good and the kids stayed busy watching movies and playing their Ipod's and DS games. We met our guide Grace who is very nice and actually remembered us from our last trip even though we were not in her group. Thomas had worn a batman halloween costume last trip and she Thomas really made an impression on her.
We got to the Poly Plaza Hotel and our guide told us to be in the lobby at 8:30 a.m. (this morning) to go get Hannah!!!! The itinerary said 2:00 p.m. so we were pleasantly suprised. Our next blog will be pictures of Gotcha Day with Hannah in our arms. God is so great.
The Burkhardt's

6 comments:

  1. I am so glad that you posted. I have been checking all the time. How exciting to get Hannah ealier than you thought (just like with Lydia). I can't wait to see gotcha day pictures! You are in our prayers!

    The Adamses

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  2. HI Everyone!! WOW Abigail will be in China on her Gotcha Day as well. :)
    Will she get to see her orphanage at all?
    What does she think of China so far?
    Ronda O'Brien

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  3. We are so excited for you. It reminds us of waiting for our Hannah! Love, The Snows

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  4. God Bless the Burkhardts
    LK

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  5. I love you Aunt MaryAnn and Uncle Jeff and Thomas and Hannah, David, Daniel, Abigail.
    Can't wait to meet Hannah and play Barbies.
    Love, Libby

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  6. Simply Awesome MaryAnn & Jeff : ) Love, Mike

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