Progress

Things are moving along...on December 13 (Dan's birthday), we received our LOA (Letter of Acceptance) from China. At this point, we have gathered our updated home study and filed it with USCIS (Immigration Services). This update reflects our change in income since I took a leave of absence. Close on the heels of filing this immigration update, our agency filed the I-800 on our behalf. This documentation will approve us to bring a specific child (our Annie) back into the US as a United States Citizen. We are now gathering our paperwork to apply for an immigrant Visa for Annie.

Our current timeline could be anywhere from 7 to 13 weeks. Honestly, 7 leaves me in a bit of a panic...although I know if we're called that soon, God will provide and we'll be okay. We've got a lot to do between now and then.

We are also working on putting together a care package to send to Annie while we're waiting. Dayna picked out a precious outfit for her, and we have a blanket waiting to be personalized.

We've been blessed by the generosity of friends and are on the final push of finding creative ways to raise the last of our funds. We know God is faithful and wouldn't have brought us this far to leave us hanging.

It seems things are happening rather fast right now, and the paperwork is almost as consuming as gathering our dossier...but we know that every day is one day closer. Can't wait to meet this little one.