We Made It!

Our day started in Chicago at the hotel we stayed in for our layover.  We ate breakfast and then went down to the fitness center to try to use some energy before the big flight.  After we did some stationary biking (Blake) and the treadmill (Robert and I) we let Blake swim in the indoor pool.  We had a late check out at 2 p.m.  Our hotel shuttle took us to the airport to wait for our flight.  We were there quite a while.  It is a huge airport so we walked around exploring for a bit.  We also read and watched a movie.  Our plane was right on time.  We took off around 8 p.m.  It was a Boeing 777.  It was a smooth ride.  Blake had no problem sleeping, he slept most of the way.  I woke him up around 4 a.m. our time so that he would sleep when we got to China since we got here at night.  We missed the whole day of November 24th!  Robert watched several movies and I tried to sleep some.  It was pretty uncomfortable though. It is now 1 a.m. (November 25th) and we are at the hotel.  We are going to try to sleep some so that we can get our bodies on China time.  I don't know how well that will work out considering Blake is telling me right now that he is not tired at all!  I attached a picture of the one cozy bed the three of us are going to share :)  Tomorrow we will meet up with our travel group and move over to the hotel that we will all be staying at together.  Thanks for you prayers and well wishes.  We can't see our blog, but the comments come through our email.  It is nice to still feel close to home even though we are on the other side of the world.