The Beginning of the End of Our Journey

I cant believe I am finally writing a post from China! This has been a long time coming and we are so very grateful to be here. Its almost 7pm here in Beijing which means its 6am back home. That is taking some getting used to.

We arrived on Thursday around 330pm Beijing time and it was an incredibly long flight. This picture was so depressing. We thought we would be much closer by the time we took this!

 

 

As you can see we still had a long way to go! By the time we got to our hotel we were exhausted and ready to go to bed. We spent some time meeting the other family's that will be on this journey with us and we have already come to love them and its been a blessing to hear their stories and share ours with them.

 

China is a beautiful country and Beijing is a lot cleaner and safer than I expected. Especially considering there are over 10 million people that live here. We spent today (Friday) wondering around Beijing with our guide Delia. She is a sweetheart. We started out at the Great Wall about 45 minutes outside Beijing and it was awesome! I know that both of us are going to be sore tomorrow. It is amazing how steep of a climb that is.

 

 

 

The view from the top was spectacular to say the least. After the Great Wall we had lunch at a famous jade factory and then we toured the Olympic village and had dinner before heading back to the hotel. The food has been great and Brian and I are both enjoying this time together before we fly to Easton's province on Sunday!!!

 

Tomorrow we visit the summer palace and Tien an men square. We will try to update at the end of each day if we can, if not every other day. Keep us in your prayers and pray that Sunday will go smoothly and that Easton won't be afraid.

 

Until next time, here are a couple pictures of the rest of today.