And now the waiting begins.....
Now that we have our DTC behind us (Dossier - paperwork - to China)....the wait officially begins for us - a HUGE sigh of relief. We now are waiting for all our paperwork to get logged into China's system, and we estimate an LID (log in date) of March 24. IF we then get a LOA (letter of approval for Norah) 75 days later, that would place us in early June and then a TA (travel approval) mid-late June and travel shortly thereafter....July/August. I know lots of letters and dates....we count down from one to the next with minimal paperwork before we travel. SO, lots of waiting, praying, dreaming, matching-clothes-shopping, celebrating each milestone :)
Just this past week, the referral system for special needs changed once again and you now have to have a LID (log in date, which we do not have yet) in order to receive a referral. God's perfect timing once again - assuring us that we started the process in time to receive Norah, even though we are still not logged in. WHAT A BLESSING and we are so thankful. Though it has been a much, much more emotional journey of getting our paperwork completed, the total amount of time for the whole process (application to travel) will only be a total of 9 months (at the most). What else is the gestation of 9 months - yep that's right, a pregnancy. God knows I could not have waited much longer than that. :):)
Norah, we love you sweet girl.
posted by Joel and Lee-Anne at
2:54 PM
2 comment(s):
joel and lee-ann,
we are baas clients too and saw your blog when you announced your DTC on the group email. we were dtc friday too and like you, we are totally praising God for truly what is PERFECT timing! God is amazing is he not!
erika
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A Cup of Cold Water, at
5:09 PM
Ahhh, the hurry up to wait...we are right behind you :)
Praying your LOA comes quickly!!
Blessings, stacy
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11:52 PM
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