Grace Finds a Home

We're leaving for China on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 to bring home our daughter, Grace. Here's the story so far: In July of 2006 we began the process of adopting from China. We met with adoption agencies, social workers, and immigration specialists. We were background checked, fingerprinted, and thoroughly reference checked. We did mountains of paperwork and forms. Then, we waited....and waited. Finally, on July 10, 2008, we received our referral of Grace. Her Chinese name is Zhong Min Jun. We will call her Grace Min Jun Russell. We chose the name Grace because she is a gift of grace...and it is only by grace that a 51 year old man like me gets a 4 year-old daughter!

We are creating this blog for you...so that you can follow the progress of our journey. We hope to publish new posts and pictures each day while we are on our trip. So follow the blog, and send up prayers for a safe and successful trip.....because Grace needs a home.