Several days ago we received verification that our dossier has arrived in China. Our official LID (Log-in-date) is March 21 - yeah for springtime!!
Over the past few months we have been establishing a friendship with a family in our church that is also adopting a girl from China through the same Texas adoption agency. They were LID one week earlier. Because of the nearness of our two dates, it is possible that we will receive our referrals at the same time since they tend to bundle referrals to the same adoption agency. If we receive referrals in the same batch, these will be girls from the same province and, more than likely, from the same orphanage. The best blessing in all of this is the possibility that we may have a chance of traveling together!
In addition to waiting for our LID we were also waiting for news from a North Carolina Christian Adoption Foundation. The board met in April and passed on us, but their e-mail response to us was sweet and holds some promise. They will be reconvening later in the year and their hope is that they will be able to provide one or two additional adoption grants.
God is faithful. It has been strikingly clear to us that He wants us to adopt, and we rest in Him that we will have the resources to make it happen!
Over the past few months we have been establishing a friendship with a family in our church that is also adopting a girl from China through the same Texas adoption agency. They were LID one week earlier. Because of the nearness of our two dates, it is possible that we will receive our referrals at the same time since they tend to bundle referrals to the same adoption agency. If we receive referrals in the same batch, these will be girls from the same province and, more than likely, from the same orphanage. The best blessing in all of this is the possibility that we may have a chance of traveling together!
In addition to waiting for our LID we were also waiting for news from a North Carolina Christian Adoption Foundation. The board met in April and passed on us, but their e-mail response to us was sweet and holds some promise. They will be reconvening later in the year and their hope is that they will be able to provide one or two additional adoption grants.
God is faithful. It has been strikingly clear to us that He wants us to adopt, and we rest in Him that we will have the resources to make it happen!
