WE HAVE TA!

We received travel approval this week!!!! PTL!!!!!!  We also received our consulate appointment so we were able to get our international flights booked!  We will be leaving on July 24th and meeting up with the families we are traveling with in Chicago.  Our return home flight is August 8th and we will be flying into Columbus at 6:58 pm!

Our last night we will be staying in Hong Kong. We are hoping that we will be able to meet up with Mer, our exchange student from Thailand....working out the details to see if that could happen.  She has graduated from college and is now employed so I think alot will depend on her new job.

So excited!  Can't believe this is finally happening!  We thank you for all your love and prayers during this journey...please continue to pray for Kara for an easy transition and that everything goes smoothly!  God is sooooo Good!

Praying for TA this week!

TA....travel approval....the last stop before appointments can be made in China and then travel arrangements made.  Hoping and praying that this will be the week that we know when we will be going to China to pick up Kara.  This has been quite a journey and now we are so close....it is really getting hard at this point.  Knowing what she looks like and knowing that we are going to see her soon....it is so hard!  Keep praying for us, and for Kara!  As well as the Hamptons whom we will be traveling with to pick up their Gracie!  Feeling so blessed right now, words cannot describe!

VISAS

We received our visas yesterday for travel to China!  Now we are just waiting on Kara's visa!  Should be ready June 4th and from there it will go to Beiijing for TA!  Can't wait!!!!!!!

Waiting, AGAIN!

Ok, so immigration approved us and we sent out the paperwork for our visas!  The DS230 is the application for Kara's visa.  Per an email from Betty, our coordinator -

The DS230 will spend 10 business days at the consulate and then they will issue an Article 5 letter. The Article 5 letter will go back up to Beijing and our staff will walk it into the CCCWA. They will then issue your TA about 2-3 weeks afterwards.

Once we receive TA (travel approval), our agency will be able to make our appointments in China and then be able to book our travel arrangements! 

God is so! so! good!  We are beyond excited and can't wait to meet our daughter!

UPDATE! UPDATE!!!

Wow!  Asked if we could get an update on Kara.....this is what I received today!  I can't stop smiling!  I will let you do the conversions on her update :o)

Updated Report on Xiang Wen Di

 

Date of Provide: May 13, 2013

 

Per our request the orphanage provided the following measurements:

 

 

Height (cm)	Weight (kg)	Head Size (cm)	Chest Size (cm)	Feet Length (cm)	Teeth
82	10	47	43	12	19

The Next Step

Received our I-800 and our NVC letter this week so we are off to the the next step of the process!  Next step is to have our agency file for Kara's visa and we will be applying for our visas to go to China!  Once we are approved for Kara's visa, China will be sending us TA (travel approval).  God is so good!  Everything is moving along smoothly and it won't be long until we have Kara in our arms!
Happy Mother's Day to ME! 

I-800

OK, so as of tomorrow, it will be 3 weeks since we sent in our immigration paperwork!  Hate this waiting game.....Please pray that we receive it this week!