Friends of ours are currently in China picking up their daughter and just seeing the pics and following their journey makes me anxious for our own journey! There are still so many unknowns and we are just going forward in faith. Our daughter still does not know her family is working towards her. We plan to send her a cake and a gift for her birthday in June, but we are unsure yet if we will let her know about us. We want to wait until we get our letter of approval from China before letting her know that, Yes!!, for sure she will be ours and that China has given their approval! I just don't want to stress her out and have to sit in nervous anticipation to see if finally she will get her forever family!
Please pray for us as we make this decision. We know she wants to be adopted, but does she know what adoption entails? We pray for her foster family and other kids that may be in the home that she has grown up with. We pray that she will be ok in her transition and know that we want her to keep in touch with her loved ones in China even while making a home here. Pray that we would be able to make the necessary changes as we stretch to a family of 5. There is so much still to prepare for, yet so little information we have to know what it will look like!!
Our Journey so far:
Letter of Intent (LOI)- 12/26/13
Pre Approval (PA) - 12/29/13
Home Study Approved - 3/14/14
I-800a Apprival - 4/23/14
Dossier to China (DTC) - 5/20/14
Log in Date (LID) - 5/27/14
Next we are waiting for Out of Translation (OOT), then Out of Review (OOR), and Letter of Approval (LOA) which will enable us to submit our i-800 to request immigration approval for Joy.
Once we get our letter of Approval and Immigration and travel approvals, we can set up our consulate appointment and our travel dates! At that time the $6,000 orphanage donation will be required and travel costs will be spent! We are trusting God to provide what is needed and will go when He sends us!
Thank you for all your prayers!! We appreciate them and know that God is continuing to open doors to bring Joy home!
Psalm 47
1 Clap your hands, all you nations;
shout to God with cries of joy.2 For the Lord Most High is awesome,
the great King over all the earth.
3 He subdued nations under us,
peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.8 God reigns over the nations;5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy,
the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth;
sing to him a psalm of praise.
God is seated on his holy throne.
9 The nobles of the nations assemble
as the people of the God of Abraham,
for the kings of the earth belong to God;
he is greatly exalted.
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