I-800 Filed

After a crazy day Monday, got our immigration paperwork sent out.  Fed Ex was suppose to deliver our package to us on Friday...waited all day on it and it was never delivered.  Found it in the mailbox on Monday!  So evidently it was delivered to the wrong house and someone put it there!  Needless to say, got eveything done and shipped the paperwork overnight to CIS.  Now comes the wait again!  Once we get this paperwork back, we will be filing for a DS230 which is Kara's visa to come to the good ole USA.  We will be applying for our visas at the same time using a courier to hand deliver them to the consulate in Chicago.  Once we receive the DS230 back we should be receiving travel approval!  Still looking like July!!!!!!

LOA!!!!!

Got a call yesterday from Betty, our FTIA corordinator!!!  They have received our LOA!!!  Once step closer to Kara!!!  She said we could possibly traveling in 12 weeks!  So now if feels like I am 6 months pregnant...LOL!!!!!!!

So today, I am waiting on the Fed Ex Man to bring our paperwork to us for the next step which is filling immigration paperwork.  Hopefully he comes soon!  Still hate the waiting part!

Please continue to pray for everything to continue to move along swiftly and smoothly!  Our God is so Good!

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

Tom Petty sang this some time ago......boy it is so true now!  Not sure he was singing about adopting a little girl from China in this song but it seemed to fit!  LOL!!

This Saturday will be Kara's 2nd birthday!  I know she probably won't remember  us not being there but I really wish we could be...... stretching across the miles and miles I just wish I could give her a big hug and a kiss!  Oh!  I can't wait to get her home!

I just want to Thank God for all that he has done for me!  So many blessings........

PA!!!!!!!!!

We received our Pre-Approval today!  The next step is to receive the Letter of Acceptance (letter seeking confirmation of adopter)!  These are the steps that will happen once we receive the LOA according to our agency:

Once you get LOA, you'll submit the I800. That takes about 3 weeks for CIS to issue an approval; then you file the DS230, which also takes about 3 weeks. The DS230 actually goes into the US consulate in China and 10 business days later they will issue you an Article 5 letter. We have this sent back up to Beijing and then delivery it to CCCWA. They'll issue your TA then about 2-3 weeks later and travel is about 3-4 weeks from then.


Estimated time that we will be traveling to China to pick up Kara is July-August!  Please keep praying for everything to go smoothly!