Introducing Kristy

On Thursday March 8th we received a call from our case manager Virginia about a little girl who was available for adoption. After much prayer and consideration we believe God has led us to this very special little girl. Shan Le Jiao is currently living in the Shantou City Social Welfare Institute in the Guangdong Province. She was found abandoned at the Jinyuan Restaurant on April 13, 2005 and after a search could not locate her parents she was admitted to the Shantou SWI. Her birthdate is estimated to be April 10, 2005. Her caretaker calls her Jiao Didi. I will add more details of the adoption as we progress but we expect to travel to China this summer.

Happy Chinese New Years

Happy Chinese New Year to All! The Year of the Pig.

7 Months Since LID!!

Today it has been 7 months since we were LID. There are all kinds of estimates as to how much longer we will have to wait. You could drive yourself crazy trying to guess but in the end only God knows when it will be time.

CCAA Referral Progress Updated

I have updated the CCAA referral progress since they updated their web site last night. A big surprise is that they also updated the Review Room progress as well. It is now up to March 22nd, 2006. They completely ran through February and almost all of March! They have less than 4 months of dossiers to review before we know that we are clear from review and officially in the matching room.

Referrals Came Out Today!!

Sorry, not ours. The referrals covered families with LID's through October 13, 2005. Our agency received 10 referrals. The wait is now at about 16 months. If the wait time continues at this rate we would get our referral in December 2007. I will update the CCAA Progress when they update their web site.