Roger spoke to our China coordinator today...we expect to receive our TA in a couple of weeks, and travel to China during the first week of September. We could probably leave the last week of August, but we need a 21 day advance AND the rates for EVERYTHING go down in September....it just makes sense to wait, although part of us wants to be there asap!!
Emma will have started school, and will be going for about 3 weeks when we leave, which will be good. At least she will be familiar with everything when she returns.
God is good all the time; all the time God is good!
Love you guys!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Homestretch?
We received word from our China coordinator this a.m. that our paperwork was picked up and sent to Beijing on July 14th. We only have ONE more approval, and ONE more step before we can go bring our little girl home!
Here's the thing...TAs are taking FOREVER right now! Its just been so quiet on the RQ board that its eerie. We are right on the cusp of being cutoff. What cutoff, you ask? China has trade fairs and holidays during the month of October, which means that NO ONE can go into China during that time period. Even if you wanted to, the rates for everything triple during that month. We are just ahead (by 2 1/2 weeks) by some adopting families who have been told that they will not travel until November. NOVEMBER!!!! We ask you to pray with us that we are well ahead of that cutoff! If we do not travel before September 17th, it is likely that we would not be going until November. Mama may lose what little bit of mind she has left by then.
Best case scenario, we will travel around the first of second week of September. Would you join us by praying this specific prayer? We are also asking for prayer for Nina's transition. Please pray that she has an easy adjustment to our family...as easy as possible, that is. Bless her heart, she will be confused and scared to death...we just pray that this time period passes quickly, and that the Lord will grant us wisdom and grace to get through this time.
Heaven knows that He has helped us through this whole process, and He will see it through to its perfect end.
We love you guys!
Here's the thing...TAs are taking FOREVER right now! Its just been so quiet on the RQ board that its eerie. We are right on the cusp of being cutoff. What cutoff, you ask? China has trade fairs and holidays during the month of October, which means that NO ONE can go into China during that time period. Even if you wanted to, the rates for everything triple during that month. We are just ahead (by 2 1/2 weeks) by some adopting families who have been told that they will not travel until November. NOVEMBER!!!! We ask you to pray with us that we are well ahead of that cutoff! If we do not travel before September 17th, it is likely that we would not be going until November. Mama may lose what little bit of mind she has left by then.
Best case scenario, we will travel around the first of second week of September. Would you join us by praying this specific prayer? We are also asking for prayer for Nina's transition. Please pray that she has an easy adjustment to our family...as easy as possible, that is. Bless her heart, she will be confused and scared to death...we just pray that this time period passes quickly, and that the Lord will grant us wisdom and grace to get through this time.
Heaven knows that He has helped us through this whole process, and He will see it through to its perfect end.
We love you guys!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Some Good News
Our I-800 received its final approval in Chicago on the 24th, and was received in D.C. by the NVC this morning. They told Roger that it would take 2-4 weeks to wire to Guangzhou (the next step), but the average wait time on the Rumor Queen chart is 6 days. I'm sure that it will be longer than that due to the holiday weekend, but hopefully within 10 days it will be wired. In Guangzhou, it will meet up with our visa request and other paperwork at the Chinese Consulate's office, at which point we will receive something called an "Article 5" approval. That document will continue onto Beijing, and wait to be granted our travel approval.
We are still uncertain about taking Emma with us, although she is unaware of our struggle right now. My family, and Roger's family, have graciously offered to help with her if we decide to leave her behind. Truthfully, it may greatly depend upon finances right now, and not the H1N1 situation. RQ has estimated 3 % of adoption families actually being quarantined over the past 3 weeks. That figure doesn't seem that imposing to us.
We would LOVE to still travel before Emma goes to kindergarten, but that is HIGHLY unlikely. We're still thinking end of August, first of September.
Pray on, prayer warriors! And thank you so much!!
K
We are still uncertain about taking Emma with us, although she is unaware of our struggle right now. My family, and Roger's family, have graciously offered to help with her if we decide to leave her behind. Truthfully, it may greatly depend upon finances right now, and not the H1N1 situation. RQ has estimated 3 % of adoption families actually being quarantined over the past 3 weeks. That figure doesn't seem that imposing to us.
We would LOVE to still travel before Emma goes to kindergarten, but that is HIGHLY unlikely. We're still thinking end of August, first of September.
Pray on, prayer warriors! And thank you so much!!
K
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