Home Study Review Status

Dear Friends and family,

We received an update from our dossier consultant at Great Wall regarding the status of our Home Study review. Our Home Study was received by Great Wall on June 8 and there are at present, three other home studies in line to be reviewed before us. I am not sure where that puts us as far as a response but we know this is all in God's sovereign timing, so needless to say we have nothing new to report...Oh...I did finally mail my passport in for renewal on Wednesday last week so...that is another item in the works.

David is getting ready for Jr. High Summer Camp at Riverview up on the Priest River...he will be going the second week of July to be a camp counselor...so please keep him in prayer...a screaming camp full of Jr. High kids...I could not do it...

In August we are looking forward to our visit with my mom and brother ...then David, my mom and I are off to the to the Oregon coast for a much anticipated seaside vacation with my Aunt and Uncle at their beach house. We are all really looking forward to it! It certainly is shaping up to be a fabulous summer!

All for now....Thank you all for your continued prayers!

Passports and Home Study

David's Passport came in this last week and I am taking care of mine this week. I know I've been saying that for a while now but I have been debating on paying extra for passport photos to be taken at the passport office or take the chance on sending in our own. We still have not heard back from Jessa at Great Wall regarding our Home Study Report and Nora is on vacation this next week so we expect an update in about about another week or so.

We sold two more Eva Bags yesterday...the Autumn Trees and the Daisy Days! Thank you so much Shea and Chyna...It was so wonderful to meet you both! Your prayers and support are a blessing!

David and Laura June 2009

Our Home Study is in!

Our home study reports have been written. David and I received out copies...so funny to see us on "paper" since it a formal write up and we are so NOT formal. Ha ha! We also received confirmation from Jessa, who is our dossier consultant at Great Wall, that she has also received her report for review. So depending on volume, the review can take 1-3 weeks.
David and I still have some documents to obtain and government forms to submit but its moving forward. We hope to have the completed dossier to China by September.

For now we are enjoying this gorgeous spring weather and getting some home projects completed and David has again started writing his book.

I created a new blog for Eva's Bags...I know, I know, another blog....but its so fun! http://evasbags.blogspot.com/