We have LOA

This is what I've been doing all afternoon! I knew the call would come at work and sure enough as I was scanning a patient I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and knew that someone had just left a message. I could barely contain my excitement, I knew it had to be the call because who else would call me in the middle of a work day!  So I made it through the exam and sure enough there was a message but I couldn't retrieve it because I was on the bottom floor of the hospital.  So I quickly found a computer and checked my email and  there was an email from my agency labeled LOA!

So what happens from here?   Well there are many steps but they will all happen fairly quickly and I will try and break them down.

1)  Tomorrow I will mail off our application to the US government to get official approved by the US side to adopt Hope.  This process will take 2-3 weeks.

2)The National Visa center will send us a letter to let us know that they have our file from the USCIS-2-3 weeks

3)US Consulate issues Article 5- 2 weeks

4) Article 5 picked up by agency and sent to Beijing

5) Article 5 delcivered to CCCWA

6)  Travel approval issued



After Travel approval is issued we can start making flight plans.   At this point it's still looking like we will travel in November but as you know we are never in control of any of this so it could be sooner and still could be later.  We trust that God has this under control and when he's ready for us to go we will go!

Another exciting announcement is that we can now request another update of our precious daughter and  we will soon have new pictures of her!


So I officially Introduce now to everyone

HOPE MUHONG GRACE

She will be two years old in December and is waiting for us in Hubei Province!