Thursday, September 25, 2008

A More Accurate Time Line

Well, David and I had a very good adoption day. We received the long awaited phone call that Holt(our agency)received our LOA today from China and that we would get it tomorrow. Just to recap, our LOA is a confirmation letter asking us if we for sure want our little Hong Jun Peng. Tomorrow we will sign the letter and send it back to Holt, who will then send it on to China. From there we wait 4-6 weeks until we receive Travel Approval from China. By China giving us travel approval, it is their way of saying, "We have everything we need from you, please come and get your little boy." After we receive TA we will wait about a week and then receive travel dates from Holt. Travel dates are issued by Holt because after TA, Holt organizes an appointment with the US Consulate for us in Guangzhou, and our travel time is based on this meeting. After we receive dates we will wait another 4-6 weeks until travel. So, to answer the question, "When do we travel to China?" We are now estimating early January.
We are expecting our Travel Approval sometime between October 24-November 7.
Soon after we will receive Travel Dates
After Travel Dates we estimate travel 4-6 weeks later.
This will put us around the Christmas Holiday. David and I are thinking that Holt will probably wait until after the holidays to assign travel.

Well I guess that's about it. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We are still a little short of funds, but our mantra in all of this has been and is, "God is able."
Have a Great Night
Jenny