General @ Friday December 14, 2007 04:08 pm by WunderKraut

Two Tickets To China

Hello all!

As most of you know, Jen and I have been on an amazing adventure for the past three years. It all began in our kitchen back in October 2004, when we decided to adopt our daughter from China.

We began the long and complicated journey through a mountain of paperwork in Spring of 2005. Once we started down the road, we found our hearts being connected to a yet unborn baby girl, half a world away. Since that time we have new found appreciation for God’s love towards us and a better understanding of Romans 8 about being adopted heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.

Our paper work was officially logged into the Chinese government on December 12 of that year. We expected to wait 9 to 10 months until we received our referral, but a month later the entire adoption system in China came to a dead stop due to internal government politics.

Our short wait grew to almost two years, but we are happy to announce that on December 5, 2007, we were notified that we had our referral and the very next day we saw our daughter for the first time. Feng Yun Man (soon to be Mei Elyse Talley) was born on March 18, 2007 and is currently in Fengxin Orphanage in the Jiangxi Provence, not far from Nanchang, China. (Try Google Earth) We expect to be traveling to China by mid January to bring Mei home to her new family.

The cost of foreign adoption is very high. When we started this whole process we did not have a single dollar, but we prayed and knew that the Lord would provide. And provide He did! In a very short time, the Lord blessed me with side work and the work just kept coming. It meant long nights and weekends, but it was worth the sacrifice.

We went from having no funds to having enough money to pay for the entire adoption plus some money towards the airfare. However, the two year delay caused us to have to resubmit parts of our paper work and that depleted the travel money.

Depending on the amount of advance notice, the total cost of the tickets will be between $2,000 and $4,000. We are asking you to prayerfully consider donating towards the cost of the airfare to China. We are also asking that you keep our family in your prayers, especially baby Mei.


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UPDATE: I may have misspoke about the tax deductible donation…until I get this cleared up, I don’t want to get my church or me in trouble. If you care to donate by mail, you can send it to:

Mike Talley
1615 Pearl Ave
Albany, Georgia 31707



Thank you for your prayers and support.

14 Responses to “Two Tickets To China”

  1. on 15 Dec 2007 at 1:11 am   Rob B

    With three boys, my wife has begun to seriously consider this as an option for us to have a girl. As I have proven to her three times, despite how badly she wants a daughter, when we do it my way it’s possible to have a guy.

    God bless you guys and we’ll do our FIU best to help.

  2. on 15 Dec 2007 at 8:21 am   Zsa Zsa

    Oh My Gosh! What a precious baby… God bless you all so much. That baby is so lucky to have you.
    Love Zsa Zsa Franklin
    XOooo

  3. on 15 Dec 2007 at 12:43 pm   The McGehee Zone

    Another Chinese Import?…

    WunderKraut: We began the long and complicated journey through a mountain of paperwork in Spring of 2005. Once we started down the road, we found our hearts being connected to a yet unborn baby girl, half a world away. Since that time we have new found…

  4. on 15 Dec 2007 at 1:17 pm   Nina

    I don’t have much money right now but I can give a little. A little is better than nothing, I hope. Can I send a little something for the baby (I knit) to the same address? Please say yes!

  5. on 15 Dec 2007 at 6:19 pm   Henry Gomez

    You have the support of friends at Babalublog.com

  6. on 15 Dec 2007 at 8:49 pm   Rob B

    I let my wife read this post and she literally cried a contact out for you guys.

    As a added bonus our youngerst son was born on the 27th of march this year so i think my wife might have bonded with your kiddo already.

  7. on 15 Dec 2007 at 8:52 pm   WunderKraut

    That is too funny Rob!

    Thank you all for your love and support.

    I
    Am
    Amazed

  8. on 16 Dec 2007 at 7:38 pm   amoxicillin dosage

    amoxicillin dosage…

    news…

  9. on 16 Dec 2007 at 7:45 pm   Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life

    Wow. You’re even getting support from spammers. It is too cool.

  10. on 16 Dec 2007 at 9:10 pm   WunderKraut

    Yep, I’ll even keep that comment up!

    Whoever said spammers don’t have a heart…

  11. on 17 Dec 2007 at 7:21 am   WunderKraut.com » Blog Archive » You Guys Are Amazing

    [...] are sending out what you read in the post as a letter to all our friends and family. Keep us in your prayers as these go [...]

  12. on 17 Dec 2007 at 1:20 pm   On the Other Foot

    A step in faith for a good cause…

    Wunderkraut and Frau Wunder are in the process of adopting a seriously adorable little girl from China, and they can use some help….

  13. on 17 Dec 2007 at 1:39 pm   Aimee

    Bro-In-Law….I put your “Two Tickets to China”up on myspace…every little bit helps!

  14. on 21 Dec 2007 at 10:08 am   WunderKraut.com » Blog Archive » Introducing Mei

    [...] UPDATE: You can help us bring Mei home by donating here. [...]