Now that my blog is private, I can post pictures of Kailin without the little heart on her face! She is so cute, you're in for a treat!!
We received these three pictures at the beginning of February when we requested an update on her. On paper at least, she seems to be doing very well and is happy and thriving in her foster home, so that makes us feel a little better as we wait to go pick her up. Her foster family is not her forever family, but she is loved and well cared for, and we are very grateful for that.
We are currently waiting on travel approval (TA) from China and once we receive that we will request our consulate appointment and once that is scheduled we can book our flights! We are getting so close, but this wait is getting really, really hard. Every day feels like a week. I'm running out of things to do to keep busy and even when I do try to keep busy, all I can think about is going to China.
Ever since we received our referral in early November we have been praying that our travel would fall over Chris' spring break so that he had a little leeway in how much time he took off once we returned home and also he wouldn't so stressed leaving so close to the AP exam and the end of the school year. We have seen God work some paperwork miracles and we have also seen some unexpected slowdowns, but we are still hoping and praying to travel over Chris' spring break. For that to happen, we really need to hear word of our TA this week. Will you pray with us? If God chooses to answer no, we know He has a reason, but we are so anxious to go get Kailin and have our whole family under one roof!
We received these three pictures at the beginning of February when we requested an update on her. On paper at least, she seems to be doing very well and is happy and thriving in her foster home, so that makes us feel a little better as we wait to go pick her up. Her foster family is not her forever family, but she is loved and well cared for, and we are very grateful for that.
As you can tell from these pictures, it is very much the norm in China to bundle the kids up in lots and lots of layers. In the above picture in the pink vest, you can see how many layers she has on and in the bottom pictures in the yellow coat, that is on top of the pink vest and shirts! Kailin is actually a very tiny little thing, these pictures make her look bigger.
We are currently waiting on travel approval (TA) from China and once we receive that we will request our consulate appointment and once that is scheduled we can book our flights! We are getting so close, but this wait is getting really, really hard. Every day feels like a week. I'm running out of things to do to keep busy and even when I do try to keep busy, all I can think about is going to China.
Ever since we received our referral in early November we have been praying that our travel would fall over Chris' spring break so that he had a little leeway in how much time he took off once we returned home and also he wouldn't so stressed leaving so close to the AP exam and the end of the school year. We have seen God work some paperwork miracles and we have also seen some unexpected slowdowns, but we are still hoping and praying to travel over Chris' spring break. For that to happen, we really need to hear word of our TA this week. Will you pray with us? If God chooses to answer no, we know He has a reason, but we are so anxious to go get Kailin and have our whole family under one roof!
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