Posted on

Give me an L – O – A !!!!!

Our LOA (Letter of Approval) arrived at our agency yesterday on Day 55 of the wait! We are now waiting on FedEx to deliver the hard copy to us so that we can sign it and FedEx it to the US office that will approve us so we can move forward. We still have some waiting to do and documents to file on the American side of things, but we hope to be applying for our Travel Approval soon.

The best part about the LOA is that it’s like our offical referral. Our documents have passed through review in China and Wang Lei in now ours. It’s a huge relief!!!

Her name will be Amelie Wang Lei and we are so excited and can’t wait for travel! Praise God for His goodness to our family!

Posted on

Day 35 of the wait for LOA

Not much to report on the LOA homefront. We are on day 35 of the wait. The current average for a family in our situation is 38 days. But the China offices were closed for 7 days of that and so I am mentally adding 7 days to our wait. I am trying not to make myself crazy guessing when it will come. Our agency rep says it will take 60 days, but I just can’t accept that.

I know that God is taking care of Wang Lei and that gives me great peace. I just pray that we get our paperwork rolling so she doesn’t have to wait even longer to start the surgeries on her hands.

Nadia_Wanglei_photo_01

Posted on

Introducing Mu Rong Wang Lei

We got our pre approval to adopt from China. Our documents will go through review and now we are waiting on our Letter of Approval (LOA) which is the official approval. I told Nadia that China said that we can adopt her and she said, “I’m so excited! YEAH!!!” (insert fist pump)

mu rong wang lei 1

mu rong wang lei 2

Her DOB is 6.6.2009 and she is from Ningxia which is a province in the north (see below).

Ningxia

Here is a little more information:

Living in the Children’s Welfare Institute in Ningxia, China

(it’s in the north close to Mongolia; rural farming area; grows wolfberries, known as goji berries in America)

As of her medical review she could crawl and cruise. It says she is a deep sleeper and eats 5 times a day and likes all kinds of food.

Also that she is shy, fond of listening to music, has a ready smile, fond of quietness, energetic, fond of playing games, close to her caretaker and the other children in the institution.

And my favorite quote from her growth report:

“she is delicate, clever and lovely, very pretty”

We are so thrilled and look forward to bringing her home to be a part of our family!!! Thanks everyone for your prayers and support. God is so good!