We received some exciting news today!! Our i800 has officially been approved!!! Long story short, this form is a petition to
classify Emma as an adoptive child and helps with her immigration process. This approval also helps to get the ball
rolling to help determine our travel timeline.
Basically the faster you get this form approved, the sooner you get to
travel to China.
Now that we have our i800 approval, we will need to complete
what is called a DS260. This will be for
Emma’s Immigration visa. Unfortunately,
we have to wait a few days to get some additional documents before we can file
this next round of paperwork. Sometimes
it seems that the adoption process is all about hurry up and get things done so
we can wait. :-P
As far as travel goes, our agency is does not know if we
will be traveling in September or October.
The goal is of course September, but we are at the mercy of waiting for
documents to be approved by 2 separate governments. There are also 2 holidays coming up in China,
September 15-17 and October 1-7. These
dates SIGNIFICANTLY affect our travel plans because China will not have any
government official working during these days.
Considering we have to be in China for over two weeks, trying to plan
travel without overlapping with these holidays can be challenging. At the latest, we will travel to China after
October 7th.
We are so incredibly excited to be so close to meeting our
little Emma. We have been blessed tremendously by the out pour of encouragement
and prayers. We are also very grateful
for those who have partnered with us financially. We are still around $16,000-$18,000ish short
of fully funding our adoption costs. The
fluctuation is due to travel expenses changing and the change in exchange rate
in China. If you would like to donate
toward our adoption costs, please click on the link below. J
Lifesong is a 501 ( c )3
exempt orgnaization – so all donations are tax deductible.
Thank you so much for your support and
prayers. We are so grateful and feel so
blessed!!!
God Bless!
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