Getting Closer!!

One more step down, one to go!!  The US Consulate finished processing our daughter's visa and has signed off that everything is in order for the adoption to be completed.  Our agency's in-China representative picked up this approval from the Consulate yesterday and will deliver it to the CCCWA.  This means our wait for Travel Approval (TA) has begun!!  Let's check this off our list:

• Receive LOA (CHECK!)
• Send I-800 application to USCIS (CHECK!)
• USCIS forwards our approval to the National Visa Center to petition for baby girl's visa (CHECK!)
• The NVC forwards the approved visa petition to the US Consulate in Guangzhou China (CHECK!)
• The Consulate reviews the visa application (the DS-230), makes sure it meets the qualifications for an immigrant visa, and then signs off that everything is in order for the adoption to be completed (CHECK!)
• The approval is forwarded to the CCCWA, which issues our Travel Approval!

Travel Approvals are currently taking about 2 weeks to receive.  Our agency's next two travel dates are June 29 and July 13.  WE WILL BE LEAVING ONE OF THOSE DATES!!!  Unfortunately, we won't know which date until at least the second week in June when our TA comes.  This brings us to prayer requests, if anyone feels led to pray for us:

• Please pray that the dates we need for our Consulate appointment will be available when we get our TA.  This is what decides whether we get to go in June or July, and also determines the length of our trip (please pray for SHORT AS POSSIBLE since we're leaving Ella & Myles here).
• Please pray for a miracle when it comes time to book our plane tickets. June/July is the most expensive and busy time to fly to China. We've been watching the ticket prices climb over the past several weeks.  Or maybe I should pray for someone with an extra 75,000 Delta airline miles that they weren't planning on using!  :)
• Please pray for our hearts to be calm and simply rest in the knowledge that God is in control. The next month is bound to be crazy (our to-do list has no less than 60 items on it) but we'd like to have quality family time and to continue to glorify God in all that we do no matter how crazy it gets.

We don't have any pictures related to this, but we'll leave you with another one of our favorites from our last update: