"But God has surely listened and has heard my prayer." Psalm 66:19
PS For those of you who are going to pull out a calendar and check, our LOA would have arrived yesterday if it hadn't been a federal holiday!
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Awesome!
First of all, the good news! We received our LOA (Letter of Approval from China) today!! I've been doing a happy dance for about an hour now... should be burning some major calories.
Though this is but one more step on our way to Lorelei, here is the particularly awesome part of the story. My friends from college, Julia and Andy, are also on their way to China to adopt a precious little girl. A few weeks ago, I heard from her that they received LOA in 5 weeks, 3 days. (The average time to wait is about two months, so that sounded pretty good to me.) I hoped (and prayed) that ours would come quickly too.....but exactly 5 weeks, 3 days? WOW!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Long overdue update!
What a wonderful month May has been! We have received lots of updates and pictures about our darling girl. We are now hoping to travel by the end of August (see the timeline to the right of what steps are left in the process), which does drive us a bit crazy some days! Somehow the days are flying by and we will be on a long plane ride to China before we know it.
We are so blessed to have connected with another family who just traveled to China to adopt one of Lorelei's friends, Gianna. Her mom, Brycie, delivered a few gifts from us to Lorelei and took lots of pictures. We also now know that.... her favorite color is green (just like her mom!)....she likes to eat McDonald's hamburgers.... is happy when she gets a compliment.... and loves to draw, paint, and dance. We're counting the days, sweet girl!
We also got an update from our agency, CCAI, with this great picture--she is a dancer for certain!
This one may be my favorite, though. We had sent a photo album a while back in a care package that we weren't sure actually got delivered. We really wanted to know that she knew she has a family. Then we saw this!
The excitement and encouragement that we've experienced from friends and family has been amazing! We are so grateful to you all and would love for you to pray for our daughter, especially that she continues to feel hope, happiness, and peace as she waits for us to get there.
We are so blessed to have connected with another family who just traveled to China to adopt one of Lorelei's friends, Gianna. Her mom, Brycie, delivered a few gifts from us to Lorelei and took lots of pictures. We also now know that.... her favorite color is green (just like her mom!)....she likes to eat McDonald's hamburgers.... is happy when she gets a compliment.... and loves to draw, paint, and dance. We're counting the days, sweet girl!
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| Lorelei & Gianna |
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| Lorelei & Brycie (Gianna's mom) |
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| A recordable book--Guess How Much I Love You--read by mom & dad |
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| Thanks to Linda and Brycie for this suggestion! |
We also got an update from our agency, CCAI, with this great picture--she is a dancer for certain!
This one may be my favorite, though. We had sent a photo album a while back in a care package that we weren't sure actually got delivered. We really wanted to know that she knew she has a family. Then we saw this!
The excitement and encouragement that we've experienced from friends and family has been amazing! We are so grateful to you all and would love for you to pray for our daughter, especially that she continues to feel hope, happiness, and peace as she waits for us to get there.
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