Our Log In Date!

We got our China Center for Adoption Affairs log in date confirmaion today so...we we are IN!
The examination of our Dossier will follow, as will the long wait involving the processing, review and  matching with our child...so we will follow our "groups" progress in a monthly newsletter called Places Everyone which shows the current schedule for each log in date group at the CCAA. 
There is a link to  Places Everyone in the upper right had side of the blog near the top....feel free to check it out too!   Look for the March 12, 2010 LID....thats our group!

Yay Eva....we are one step closer to you!

Here is the letter from Great Wall...they sent us travel info too for review!

Great Wall China Adoption

Dear Great Wall Family,

We are happy to report that your dossier was registered in China on March 12, 2010. The registration date is also known as the Log in Date or LID.

If we receive any additional information we will contact you as quickly as possible. In the meantime, if you need assistance or support, please feel free to give us a call.


Congratulations,

The Referral Education Team

Great Wall China Adoption

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When a child is born, an invisible red thread reaches out from the child’s spirit and connects to all important people who will enter the child’s life. As the child grows, the threads shorten, bringing closer those people who are destined to be together. ~Chinese Proverb~

Grant Status

Hi,

I am writing to update you all on the status of our most recent grant request and to thank you for your prayers.

David and I recevied our response letter today from ShowHope. We were advised that our grant request was declined. Again, the overwhelming requests for financial assistance far outweighs thier ability to give to every family that has a legitimate need. We believe ShowHope's nt process is covered in prayer and that God has another way of providing the means to bring Eva home.

I wanted to share this excerp from their letter..

"Thank you for your heart for adoption and for your faith as you walk according to God's leading. We are greatful that there are times God provides ShowHope the means to assist in the adoption process, but we are equally thankful that He doesn't need ShowHope to accomplish His purposes in the lives of orphans. It is our hope that  you will not be discouraged but rest in the knowledge that " Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass." I Thessalonians 5:24".

So true. While we are at peace with our circumstances, it is very upsetting and emotionally straining to be declined again.  We we will continue to apply for grants and fundraise so please continue to pray wisdom and discernment as we continue to research options.

Laura

Grace Anonymous

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. ~ James 1:17

Thank you to whoever it was that so graciously and generously shared with us on Sunday. Thank you so much for blessing our hearts and our "soon~to~be" family so richly!

Laura

Dossier Received by China Center for Adoption Affairs

Now that our dossier has been received by the CCAA, it will soon be registered and we will be given our Log-in-Date (LID). The LID is the date our dossier was registered with the CCAA.


Great Wall we will notify us via email the day they receive confirmation of our LID from the CCAA. From that point on, we can chart the movement of our dossier by following our LID month in a special e-mail called "Places Everyone". I will keep you posted.

This can be the most challenging period that we will experience, because after all we have accomplished, we must now simply wait for our referral...and it will likely take a couple years. So we will stay positive and busy...as usual.  To help occupy our time, we are being encouraged to learn about the Chinese culture, language and history. So we got a Chinese language course so we can begin to learn some basic Chinese. We will also focus more on our fundraising efforts to prepare us for the travel expenses ahead.

****Also, someone out there keeps commenting on our blog posts  and I would love to be able to read your comments... but the e-mails and comments through in little boxes but there are also chinese characters??  ;o(    Is there another way to decipher?

Dossier to China!

Praise the Lord...We did it! Our dossier has been approved by Great Wall and was Fed-Ex'ed to China today!  So.... it should arrive at Great Wall  in Beijing on Monday where it will be walked across the street to the China Center for Adoption Affairs. There it will be reviewed, hopefully accepted and logged in!


CCAA may log-in our dossier after receipt, but it may take up to 6 weeks for us to receive the log-in date. As we move into the next phase of the adoption which consists of the waiting time between completions of dossier log in to the referral time, we will be working with our Referral Counselor. Our assigned Referral Counselor will be in touch with us in the near future to introduce herself and to guide us along during the wait.


Our next post will probably be with our Log In Date....

We have not heard back on our grant yet....that woudl be a huge chunk for travel. They said they would let us know either way at the beginning of March. We have some fundraising opportunities coming up.....a couple of craft shows for Eva's Bags and our Spring yard sale!