Well, we just got info from our adoption agency and time frames continue to lengthen out. When we started the process this year the waiting time from Log-in date to Referral was about a year. Now we are looking at fifteen or sixteen months. But times are expected to continue to lengthen. So, needless to say we are now thinking our referral may not come at least until next year in December and more likely not until 2008.

We were pretty bummed when we heard this latest lengthening report, but after talking it through and thinking about it we realize that it is probably for the best. We know at this time we have an enormous tax bill coming up this next April. We will be doing some heavy finagling and selling of things, so we can pay that. We also know that I will need to take on jobs to get some of the money we need to take care of this bill and others we need to take care of before the adoption. So, long story longer, we are just trusting in Gods timing and leaving it in his hands. We know it’s in good hands.

We got word today that that our file is “pending review.” What does this mean? Hmm, well I guess it means that it’s going to be reviewed and that it’s pending.

Okay, that was a joke, but we are moving through the process.  You might recall that our paperwork began with a LID or “log in date”, then moved to “translation” and now the “pending review” phase.

Still to come…the “review”, followed by “pending referral”, followed by “referral”.

That sort of sounds close, but really it isn’t.  One step closer anyway.

We got our LID (log in date) from China. The date is August 3rd, 2006 and this date will be more and more important to us as we get closer to our referral date.

The LID date can be used to forecast the referral date (still at least a year away at this time).

So, the paperwork made it to China and we are now one small step closer to getting our daughter.

Well, the same day that I flew to China with my two sisters for the English teacher training (July 14th) our dossier also flew to China. That seemed like an odd coincidence to me, but very cool too.

We are still waiting for official word back from China that our documents have been logged in with CCAA, but hope to get that very soon.

We just got word from our caseworker at Great Wall that our dossier (all of our notarized, certified and authenticated paperwork) has been approved to go to China this coming Friday! Yay!!!!

That is all. ;o)