We are very excited to announce the arrival of our China Adoption Referral! (Send me an email and I’ll send you a picture.) She’s seven and a half months old! We are still working on names and will let you know as soon as we decide. She will always be Precious though!
We received “The Call” from our case worker in the States on July 27th while we were at a family encampment for Rwandan Missionaries.
We all prayed specifically that our USCIS paperwork would be completed “before” we received a referral from China and it was! Six dates before to be exact! Wow, isn’t God’s timing awesome!
We received her official file from China four days after the phone call, signed the letter accepting our referral and sent it back to the States. Now our agency will forward our acceptance to China and then they will give us “Travel Approval” which will allow us to obtain China Visas and get an appointment with the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China. Once we have those two items, we can buy our tickets!
There are two possible dates for when we would be able to travel to pick up our baby girl: September 15 or October 28. Obviously, we prefer the date in September!
In order for that to happen though we need two small miracles:) First, we need to receive travel approval from China by the end of August. Second, there needs to be an available appointment for us at the US Embassy in Guangzhou the last week in September. To get to travel that quickly would be “icing on the cake!” So, LET’S PRAY FOR ICING!
We are so thankful to all of you for your faithful prayers all these years! This story is a story of prayer, faith, persistence, patience and mercy!
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