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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

DTC! LOI! PTL! LOL!!! What a day...


I love this picture. How do we look? :)

Okay, for those of you non-China adoption types, let me explain. This was a BIG week for us and it has all been God's timing. DTC is Dossier To China-- we sent off our huge mountain of papers that says everything there is to say about us for our entire existences. Paperchase is DONE!!! Obviously, we will have more paperwork to file a bit later for immigration, but for now, a sigh of relief. LOI even more importantly is Letter of Intent-- we have written and sent in our letter and petition to adopt a sweet little girl. In short WE FOUND HER!! She was on our agency-specific list (something I have prayed for since the beginning-- the shared list is hard, as we found out with our last referral and this way, we had a LOT more time to decide) and we saw her for the first time last Friday. I can't give all the details until a little later down the line, but I can tell you, she is lovely and we simply cannot wait to meet her in about 6 months.

Thanks so much for all your prayers... keep em coming, we still have a lot to get through and a wait that right now looks really LOOOOOONNNNNG. In the meantime, all I can say is Hallelujah!

17 comments:

Angie Mock said...

Congratulations! I am so happy for you!! I can't wait to hear more details. Yay! :)

everythingismeowsome said...

I knew this had to be your good news! Praise God--all good things come from him! I cannot wait to find out more about her when you can share!!!!!
Rejoicing with you!
Elizabeth

amy said...

Congrats!! We are so happy for you!

Take care,
Amy

Pamela said...

OH my Goodness!! What exciting news in one day!!! First of all, Congratulations on being DTC!!!! I remember that day and it was the BEST day of my life (well, sort of)... ofcourse, getting our LID was equally awesome... I am SO, SO, SO excited about you finding your little girl!!!! You're so right about the shared list thing... that sounds so complicated and so hard... like a race. I understand why you wouldn't like that. When do they expect you'll get your LOA? Is that the next thing? Praying and Rejoicing with your family!!!

Tamara said...

I am so excited and happy for you! Can't wait to hear more details!!!!

Congrats!

Jesse, James and Lindsey's mom said...

I wanted to extend my congrats. We used ASIA with our first adoption! Have you joined the ASIA yahoo group? It is great and you meet a lot of people! We were able to "get to know" the family we traveled with. Cant wait to learn more about your little girl
Kathy
Currently paper chasing for #3, #2 from China...

ChinaCalling said...

So much excitement happening all at once! I'm celebrating with you at one of the most wonderful moments of life!

Unknown said...

I just can't tell you how excited I am for you! It must feel so much more real now that you've found her and gotten over some giant hurdles!

Amy said...

Congratulations!!! What an amazing feeling to finally know who your daughter is.

Amy

Dawn - AB Family said...

What exciting news!!!
Can't wait to hear more.

Dawn
Canada

Keith and Kelly said...

Congratulations! Can wait until you can share more info about your daughter. We're just a step ahead of you and also waiting in the Seattle area. Blessings, Kelly

Sheri_n_Ben said...

Congratulations!!! I am so excited for you and your family. To be DTC and LOI all in the same day!! Wow!! Definitely a God thing!! ;o) So happy for you and your precious new daughter. Can't wait to hear the details!

Sheri (Leilah Di and soon to be Olivia Xia's Mommy)(from your LCC family
http://journeytooliviagrace.blogspot.com
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Sarah said...

Hallelujah!!!!

Anonymous said...

Oh my!!! Where have I been! This is BIG, BIG NEWS! I get the China lingo - WOO HOO girlfriend! Prayers answered. Congratulations. I can't seem to post as "me" so I'm going anon. But it's Big Hugs from, TIFF!

Andra, Colin & Lydia said...

Yay! Colin and I saw your email and are very happy to hear your good news! We lost the Christmas card with the blog info so we are happy to have a link to see how things are going.

Andra, Colin & Lydia

Cindy said...

Congratulations! I am looking forward to hearing more about your little girl!

Cindy
http://adopttaiwan.wordpress.com

Tisra said...

HOORAYYYYYYY! Such good news. Things are rocking and rolling now!!!!! I can't wait to hear details, and of course, to see PICTURES!!!!

So happy for you,
Tisra
bringing home Dorothy THIS YEAR
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