Yesterday our dossier arrived in Beijing! We are now waiting on LID- which means (logged in dossier). Often when people are starting an adoption they refer to as being "paper pregnant", because there is so much paperwork to do before you get to your baby! The paper work is referred to as "the paper chase".
There are many acronyms that go along with China adoption and it can be very confusing. Mike doesn't even know what i'm talking about a lot of the time.
As promised, here is a list:
CCCWA- Chinese Center for Children's Welfare Services
SWI or CWI- Social welfare Institute or Children's Welfare Institute = orphanage
USCIS- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Homeland Security)
LOI- letter of intent. Letter to China asking to adopt a specific child
PA- pre-approval- child has been put on hold for you
HS- home study
DTC- dossier to China
LID- logged in dossier-CCCWA received your dossier and issues a Log In Date.
LOA- letter of action LSC- letter seeking confirmation- you are officially approved and matched with your child.
I800A- application to Homeland Security asking to be approved to adopt a non-specific child
I800- application to Homeland Security asking to adopt a specific child (I am currently working on this)
NVC- National Visa Center
Article 5- Lets the CCCWA know that you are approved by the US Government to adopt that specific child.
TA- travel approval
CA- Consulate appointment- you will ask for your Chils'd US Visa and swear an oath.
These are some of the acronyms that I may have used before on the blog or will be using in the near future.
I hope this helps you all understand the process a little better. Hopefully the next blog post will say LID!!!
We are still looking for donations for our silent auction/dinner fundraiser. If you think you might be able to help with this please let us know.
https://www.youcaring.com/adoption-fundraiser/waiting-4-gabe/341337
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
DTC!!!!
This is that exciting post I was talking about. Today our dossier was sent to China - DTC!!! I'm so excited about this milestone, the adoption process is a roller coaster of emotions but today i'm happy. I feel like we're finally getting close.
Now we wait for a letter of approval from China, it can take a up to 2.5 months but lately some have been getting them a lot faster than that. Praying for this approval to come quickly, We're hoping to travel in March at the latest. As soon as we get that approval we can share pictures of Gabriel. I can't wait for that!
While we were at church this weekend, which was amazing because the Katina's were there doing worship and they played Oceans, one of my favorites, I feel like it's my adoption theme song. If you don't know about the Katina's you should seriously check them out. Anyway, Abby and Caleb filled out the little cards they give out for prayer requests and praise reports, I could not find where to turn them in so i'll share here so you all can pray.
Caleb's praise report: Praise for having the chance to adopt a brother from China.
Caleb's prayer request: Dear God, I pray my brother, mom, and dad make it home from China.
Abby's prayer request #1: I pray for my mom and dad to have a safe flight to and from China with our adopted brother Gabe.
Abby's prayer request #2: I pray for Gabe to be able to have a painless surgery to see for the first time.
Please pray for our kids, I know they're anxious about us being away for two weeks. Maybe even as anxious as I am about leaving them for so long. It's going to be hard on all of us.
*A couple of things have been brought to my attention that I want to clarify:
1. DTC- This means dossier to China, stay tuned for a full list of adoption acronyms in the next post.
2. Gabe is not scheduled to have surgery on his eyes, we won't know until he's home and sees a specialist if surgery is even an option. We are not expecting that it will be, but you never know.
Thanks for following our journey.
You Caring Link:
https://www.youcaring.com/adoption-fundraiser/waiting-4-gabe/341337
Now we wait for a letter of approval from China, it can take a up to 2.5 months but lately some have been getting them a lot faster than that. Praying for this approval to come quickly, We're hoping to travel in March at the latest. As soon as we get that approval we can share pictures of Gabriel. I can't wait for that!
While we were at church this weekend, which was amazing because the Katina's were there doing worship and they played Oceans, one of my favorites, I feel like it's my adoption theme song. If you don't know about the Katina's you should seriously check them out. Anyway, Abby and Caleb filled out the little cards they give out for prayer requests and praise reports, I could not find where to turn them in so i'll share here so you all can pray.
Caleb's praise report: Praise for having the chance to adopt a brother from China.
Caleb's prayer request: Dear God, I pray my brother, mom, and dad make it home from China.
Abby's prayer request #1: I pray for my mom and dad to have a safe flight to and from China with our adopted brother Gabe.
Abby's prayer request #2: I pray for Gabe to be able to have a painless surgery to see for the first time.
Please pray for our kids, I know they're anxious about us being away for two weeks. Maybe even as anxious as I am about leaving them for so long. It's going to be hard on all of us.
*A couple of things have been brought to my attention that I want to clarify:
1. DTC- This means dossier to China, stay tuned for a full list of adoption acronyms in the next post.
2. Gabe is not scheduled to have surgery on his eyes, we won't know until he's home and sees a specialist if surgery is even an option. We are not expecting that it will be, but you never know.
Thanks for following our journey.
You Caring Link:
https://www.youcaring.com/adoption-fundraiser/waiting-4-gabe/341337
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
It's a good week!
This week our documents are finishing up at The Embassy, and next week's blog post will be very exciting (for me) because our dossier will be sent to China!
We also got 2 new videos of our little guy this week. I cannot stop watching them!! The first video is very short and shows him learning to feed himself. The second video he's walking! At first he's holding a caregiver's hand but at the end of the video he walks by himself and he has the biggest smile on his face, he's looks so proud. This is huge progress, Gabriel has poor muscle tone and when he first arrived at the foster home a little over a year ago he couldn't even sit up. Way to go, little buddy!
We also got 2 new videos of our little guy this week. I cannot stop watching them!! The first video is very short and shows him learning to feed himself. The second video he's walking! At first he's holding a caregiver's hand but at the end of the video he walks by himself and he has the biggest smile on his face, he's looks so proud. This is huge progress, Gabriel has poor muscle tone and when he first arrived at the foster home a little over a year ago he couldn't even sit up. Way to go, little buddy!
We are going to do dinner and silent auction in December to help raise some of the big fees that come at the end of the adoption process. If you are a crafty person and would be willing to donate something for the silent auction that would be awesome, or if you work at a place that might donate something that would be great too. Let me know if you are interested in helping us out with this. My email is sloankari78@gmail.com
Below is a link to our You Caring Fundraising page
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
A slight delay
I want to say a big thank you to everyone that bought a t-shirt last week. I sold all of our remaining t-shirts in two days and it helped us pay our second agency fee with a little extra to spare.
We have a slight delay with our documents right now, last week they were getting a seal from the US Department of State and this week they were supposed to get a seal from the Embassy but the Embassy rejected 5 documents (we have 16 total) because the previous seal wasn't imprinted strongly enough. That is being fixed but we are losing 4 days and we definitely need an extension of our deadline now. Thankfully, its not a big deal and we'll only need a few extra days.
We're still waiting for an updated video of little guy, some info from his check-up and photos from the last care package we sent. I'm hoping we'll get those soon.
We are starting from scratch now since we just sent a big check to our agency. That is a scary feeling! We need to try to raise as much money as possible before getting a loan. We are working on some fun fundraisers for the coming months. Stay tuned….
We have a slight delay with our documents right now, last week they were getting a seal from the US Department of State and this week they were supposed to get a seal from the Embassy but the Embassy rejected 5 documents (we have 16 total) because the previous seal wasn't imprinted strongly enough. That is being fixed but we are losing 4 days and we definitely need an extension of our deadline now. Thankfully, its not a big deal and we'll only need a few extra days.
We're still waiting for an updated video of little guy, some info from his check-up and photos from the last care package we sent. I'm hoping we'll get those soon.
We are starting from scratch now since we just sent a big check to our agency. That is a scary feeling! We need to try to raise as much money as possible before getting a loan. We are working on some fun fundraisers for the coming months. Stay tuned….
Below is a link to our You Caring fundraising page
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