As I sit here in NC far away from my daughter and feeling a bit sad that the wait continues I will pose a thought here that I prayed about and wondered aloud only to my DH. For those of us adopting from China and have our little ones in foster care, do you ever think that as we pray for our children to come "home" that their foster parents who have cared for (Cali) for almost two years pray to have just one more day with her? They have loved her, spoon feed her, and hold her through the night. I ponder this for many reasons...one because the wait has been too long for me, but just the right time for God. I think about what could I say to someone who has given Cali what they have given her? I do not know. I have talked with foster parents here in the States and their hearts are for the children and what huge hearts they have. I wish one day that both Cali and I will be able to thank her foster parents for what they have given her-their hearts. For that I will be forever thankful.
Yeah!! Our group of five families returned their LOAs back to our adoption agency so....DHL is bringing the papers back to China for us! Fly, fly as quick as you can!
Yes this is us holding our much awaited LOA. Greg was in the middle of a delivery so I went into labor and delivery to get his signature. It seems fitting to be in labor and delivery. I am in labor now, not quite ready for delivery. We got the package at 12:15 from DHL, went to hospital for Greg to sign, went to fed-ex, made copies and sent it back to our agency in Texas. There are 4 other families in our group. When the agency gets back all of our LOAs (hopefully tomorrow) then back the package goes to China! Next step TA-travel approval.
YEAH!!!!!! We got the LOA phone call yesterday so the paper copy should be in my hands today!!!!!!! I was so excited on the phone that Lily asked if it was Cali's mommy on the phone. The person on the phone from our agency heard Lily and said no but she said she is my mid wife! What a relief I feel in getting the phone call. The LOA is an important step in that China is letting us know that all of our documents have been reviewed and approved and they are asking us if we still accept Cali. Now it should be approx 6 weeks until travel. We are changing some bedrooms and painting, now I am motivated to get the jobs done! Kind of like nesting in your third trimester. The next step is to send back the LOA-letter of acceptance- to our agency, they send it back to China. And then we wait for China to send us our TA-travel approval. Thank you all for praying...you are a great bunch to come on this journey with us. Love you!
