WE ARE LOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are LOA!  LOA!  I've been dreaming of this day for 92 long days! 

We can't even tell you how excited we are!!!

 

 

 

LOA is abbreviation for "Letter of Approval" from China.  This means they have finally translated every word from our Dossier & China read through it all & said YES!  We weren't ever worried they would say no (they did give us our pre approval awhile back), but we couldn't do anything until we had this paper.  Now - things can start moving again!!

 

I got the phone call from our agency this morning.  When I hung up the phone I breathed the biggest sigh of relief!  The wait has been hanging over our heads & we just WANT.ROY.HOME! 

 

Then...I did the happy dance!  lol - just like below: 

 

 

Thank you so much for praying with us & following along on our journey to Roy!

 

The Day I KNEW....

Today marks the anniversary of the day that I KNEW we were meant to adopt from China.   I was visiting my cousins sons orphanage.  While getting the tour, my heart melted many times.  I truly can't explain it...i just KNEW.  What strikes me about this day is that I was in the same building as our SON.  How crazy is that?  Rather surreal to say the least.  I wish I could have taken him home a whole year ago...but God has HIS plans.  I do believe HIS plans are always better than ours.  I am trusting that everything happened for a reason.

Anyhow, I came home from China & told Mike all of this.  We started praying about the possibility of adding to our family through China adoption.  Just three weeks later he came to me and said he was ready  & we started the adoption process.  What a whirlwind it's been!  Here we are...on day 88 of our LOA wait  (60-90 is the average wait time currently) .  There is nothing new to report other than we are just very ready to get the paperwork moving again.  We are missing our boy!  I truly miss him even though we have never met.  We pray for him daily & daydream of him constantly.

 

 Please keep us in your prayers as we are waiting.