The Letter Seeking Confirmation (LSC) is the official referral of a specific child from China. Up to this point all approvals are preliminary, etc. As a result, many in the China Adoption community refer to the receipt of the LSC as “the stork has landed”. We received our LSC today so we have been completely… Read More

Today our agency called me to let us know that they have our official referrals for both Hannah and Sara.  We should get them tomorrow and then we have to do a quick turn around and get our paperwork to Immigration for some more paperwork.  Then we have to get some more paperwork completed before… Read More

Our new I-797 from USCIS should be in China now.  This form gives us permission to bring Hannah & Sara to the US.  We already had approval for Hannah, and now we have approval for Sara. We are now waiting for our LSC’s (which are our official referral’s from China.) Then we will do some more… Read More

Thanks for praying for all of the needs that were listed in my last blog. Here are some updates . . . * Our church team in Honduras arrived safely and spent the 1st day ministering in an HIV/AIDS orphanage.  Yesterday they had church services in Las Mesas and our 19 year old friend of… Read More

OURS! Yes–really! We weren’t planning to adopt a 2nd child, but the doors are wide open at this moment. How does that happen you ask?  Well that is NOT a simple answer. It all started with a video from church during our 24/7 children’s program. (Ben and I both work in this area on Sunday mornings.) The… Read More

I’ve said before that I want to advocate for waiting children this year.  So when I got an e-mail asking me to get this sweet girl’s story out–I just had to. She is a beautiful 13 year old who will age out of the system in November. Here’s her story. “Sara turns 14 in November, and… Read More

And it’s making its way to China. And hopefully we will get our Log In Date this next week. Yep–Our dossier is on it’s way!  After many months of gathering all the documents–this phase of Hannah Grace’s adoption is over. SO WHAT’S NEXT?  I know many of you are like me–wanting to know what’s around… Read More

It came in the mail today–wet and a little wrinkled! But we are still excited and dancing for joy! And . . . as I write, my sweet husband is gathering all the necessary documents and heading out the door to go get our I797 IMMIGRATION APPROVAL en route to the state of Georgia.  YAY!!!!… Read More

Well today is the day we will get fingerprinted for Immigration Approval for Hannah.  I am very excited to be getting to take this next step. There is a prayer request in here also–I have a problem with fingerprints.  Okay–I know that sounded strange–not a phobia! LOL My prints just don’t take.  So my request… Read More

We are waiting for the mail to bring us our Homestudy.  Oh where oh where can you be? I’m ready to send in my USCIS (Immigration paperwork) But–today I will wait somewhat patiently. (Sort of) 🙂