We made it!

31 hours of flying and sitting in airports, but we finally made it to Chongqing! The flight from Los Angeles to Guangzhou was 16 hours - the longest I have been forced to sit still in my entire life. I don't think we will post any pictures today because I am sure that we look really tired! We spent the afternoon at a big mall across the street from our hotel. It is Labor Day weekend here in China, and shoppers are everywhere! Chongqing is probably the largest city in the world. It is so massive that it is hard to even describe. Large "communities" of apartment complexes have their own supermarkets and schools.

We also learned that we have been mispronouncing "Chongqing" for the last 13 months. Just 1 more word the Stricklands can't pronounce in Chinese! After our first adoption trip I thought that I could at least say "hello" correctly - wrong! I thought people were saying "meow" instead of "Neehow." I have learned to just smile alot.

We will meet with our facilitator in the morning to fill out more adoption forms, and then we will get Mason on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. local time. That is 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning in Texas. Tomorrow is his last day with his foster family - please pray for his sweet foster mother.
What a huge transition for her and for Mason.

To our sweet children - we are still trying to find a power strip that won't fry our laptop. Maybe tomorrow we will be able to use our new webcams!