DTC at last. Thank you Lord!

                             D T C

We received a email late last night.  Our dossier was sent to China that morning, April 3, 2012.  This means we are officially DTC!.  We now wait to see how soon it gets" logged in "   It takes 5 to 21 days or longer to actually have China log that they have received our dossier.  Once they receive the dossier they need to review it and say OK.  They then send a letter of acceptance that confirms that they are going to let us have the kids.  Remember last year, we sent them a bunch of paperwork and they pre-approved us for both of the kids at that time.  You would think that the pre-approval would speed up the process...  Well maybe just a little.  So, we start to count from the log in date or LID.  Average lenth of time from LID to receiving the LOA is 75 days.  Someget it sooner and someget it later.  Let the wait begin.

Depraved Indifference

Friends,  Watch this video.  It will change your life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHJ6-YhSYQ&feature=player_detailpage

Lilly Rose goes to her first Grand Assembly

Despite haveing a cold, Lilly Rose attended her first Grand Assembly.  She was quite excited about wearing her new Jumper and white apron.  She got to spend the day with her new friends and Aunt Rosanne.  I good time was had by all.

Sewing for Grand Assembly

Well, I got my "Baby" back.  This is my 27 year old, top of the line, Pfaff sewing machine.  The clutch went out, so I had it fixed.  It sews like a dream.  I am making jumpers for Grand Assembly. Lilly Rose is now a  "Rainbow Pledge"  For those of you who do not know, my sister and I were very involved in "The International Order of Rainbow For Girl"s as teenagers.  It is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge  And is a service club for girls 11-20 yrs old.  Thus our daughters are also involved.  The younger girls ( 7-10 yr olds) are in a group called pledge.  As soon as the girls reach 11 years old they go in to Rainbow where they learn to be young ladies.  The annual state wide meeting is in Fresno this week.  Tomorrow is the day for the pledge girls to meet with the rainbow girls.  Each club makes and wears  dresses that match.  The day finishes with a carnival and dance that is a lot of fun. So for now, I need to go hem the last jumper.  Blessings to you my friends.

Should be "Dossier to China" soon

This part of the journey to our children is the worst.  WAITING  I could complain but, I am not going to do that.  It will happen in God's timing.  I can tell you that the Dossier will go to China the day after the authentications are back from the Chinese Embassy.  Ho Rah!

Meanwhile, I sent an email to our worker at the agency and asked if it would be possible to get an update on the kids.  She said she would ask.  That made my day!   Please continue to pray for their health and safety as we wait to go get them.

BTW  We have a lady in our church who is from Guangzhou.  She has graciously offered to negotiate for our rooms in Guangzhou  The costs have gone way up and we will probably need two rooms, if we take 2 kids with us.  China only allows 5 in a room.  So, having an advocate to negotiate the price is quite helpful.

I leave you with a picture of Nick doing his magic on his board.

Thought you would enjoy seeing our Dossier pictures while we are waiting for our Certification and Authentication

It's Here! Our USCIS I-797 arrived in the mail today.

 Hoo Rah for us!