A quick little update on our adoption. We have submitted our I-800a application to US Customs and Immigration. This is a formal petition asking permission from OUR Government to adopt an orphan from another country. Part of this process is to be fingerprinted at Homeland Security; and so we loaded up the car and made a fun day trip to Charleston, SC where we were quickly fingerprinted and allowed to enjoy the rest of our day in my favorite city.(I begged Brian to just leave me there...for a week...or two). Now, we wait for our case to be assigned to an officer, reviewed and approved. We are being told that the going wait for approval is between 30-45 days from receipt date. We are REALLY hoping to have an approval by July 9th. Our agency has told us that IF we were able to get our approval by then, we could possibly get the remaining document sealed, our paperwork delivered to China and possibly be "locked in" in time for the August list to be released. You see, on the last Monday of every month, China releases a list to agencies of Orphans up for adoption. You have to have your dossier "logged in" with China, to make you eligible to find a match off of that month's list. We are really hoping that August will be OUR month to potentially find our Daughter. There is so much involved with the adoption process. Lots of hoops to jump through, lots of waiting and LOADS of prayer. This journey to find our little girl is teaching us patience, like never before.
