Dossier to ChinaDate: 12/2/2005
I was just informed that my dossier was sent off to China today!! Now the wait begins to hear back from them. I know when I want to travel to China, but I also know that I have absolutley NO control over it. I will simply have to wait on the Chinese government to send me my final approval and then come when they say to come.God has His perfect will and His perfect timing. I just pray it is soon, so I can get my daughter home!
Friday, December 2, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Final Decision!!!!!!!!!!!
Final DecisionDate: 11/17/2005
I made the official decision to pursue adopting Chun Chan today. Actually the decision was made for me by God and those big brown eyes.I am still waiting on one piece of paperwork from the INS to send my dossier in to FTIA. As soon as that comes I will send it all off to the Chinese Consulate.My next step is to write my letter of intent to adopt to officially request the opportunity to adopt this precious little girl!
I made the official decision to pursue adopting Chun Chan today. Actually the decision was made for me by God and those big brown eyes.I am still waiting on one piece of paperwork from the INS to send my dossier in to FTIA. As soon as that comes I will send it all off to the Chinese Consulate.My next step is to write my letter of intent to adopt to officially request the opportunity to adopt this precious little girl!
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
THE CALL
The Call!!Date: 11/16/2005
Yesterday, I received “The Call” that I have been waiting for from my agency telling me that they had a child for me to consider!! Yesterday was somewhat of a blur, as a lot happened in a very short period of time.Chun (pronounced “Chwin”) Chan (pronounced like “Chunk” without the K) is a 16 month old little girl living in an orphanage in the southern most part of China. She is absolutely beautiful and has the biggest brown eyes!! I was told by one of my friends down here that I am going to have a hard time saying “No” to those eyes. I think she is right!!! Chun has a slight deformity of her right thumb, which will be easily correctible.My doctor has reviewed her medical file and said she looks like she is in perfect health and her development is appropriate for her situation in an orphanage. I will be writing my letter of intent to adopt to send to China today after I hear back from one other doctor. Once I send that on, it will be a month or two until China responds back to me. When they say yes to me adopting her, I could travel to China within 1-3 weeks!!A wonderful story about Chun being meant for me is in regards to when she was found. I will name her Adeline Mei Chun Gipe. As I have said before, Adeline is after my grandmother, whom I was very close to. Chun was found on the steps of a hospital on July 25, 2004. They believed her to be one day old, so her birthday is July 24, 2005. The significance of this story is that my grandmother’s birthday was July 25th, the day she was found on the steps. This meant so much to me, I cannot even express it.Thank you to all of you have been praying so diligently for me and for this precious little one!! The urgency is now getting the rest of the finances together in a very, very short period of time!! I am still in need of roughly $11,000, and I will need $5000 of it when we make the travel plans and the rest, when I board the plane. God is faithful and I know He will provide!!!!
Yesterday, I received “The Call” that I have been waiting for from my agency telling me that they had a child for me to consider!! Yesterday was somewhat of a blur, as a lot happened in a very short period of time.Chun (pronounced “Chwin”) Chan (pronounced like “Chunk” without the K) is a 16 month old little girl living in an orphanage in the southern most part of China. She is absolutely beautiful and has the biggest brown eyes!! I was told by one of my friends down here that I am going to have a hard time saying “No” to those eyes. I think she is right!!! Chun has a slight deformity of her right thumb, which will be easily correctible.My doctor has reviewed her medical file and said she looks like she is in perfect health and her development is appropriate for her situation in an orphanage. I will be writing my letter of intent to adopt to send to China today after I hear back from one other doctor. Once I send that on, it will be a month or two until China responds back to me. When they say yes to me adopting her, I could travel to China within 1-3 weeks!!A wonderful story about Chun being meant for me is in regards to when she was found. I will name her Adeline Mei Chun Gipe. As I have said before, Adeline is after my grandmother, whom I was very close to. Chun was found on the steps of a hospital on July 25, 2004. They believed her to be one day old, so her birthday is July 24, 2005. The significance of this story is that my grandmother’s birthday was July 25th, the day she was found on the steps. This meant so much to me, I cannot even express it.Thank you to all of you have been praying so diligently for me and for this precious little one!! The urgency is now getting the rest of the finances together in a very, very short period of time!! I am still in need of roughly $11,000, and I will need $5000 of it when we make the travel plans and the rest, when I board the plane. God is faithful and I know He will provide!!!!
Friday, August 12, 2005
Decision to adopt
I have been praying for the past 2 years about whether or not to start my family through adoption. In January, God made it clear to me that adoption was in my future. I have had an experience with "God's timing" today.
I received a check in the mail yesterday from my house refinance. I had not been expecting this check, so I wanted to pray about what to do with it. I began thanking God for this money and asking Him to show me what to do. Then I would pray for Addie Mei, as I have for the last many months. I do not know who she is yet, but I already love her and pray for her by name. I went back and forth praying between her and the money for 2 hours, then it hit me like a ton of bricks. GET OUT OF BED AND FILL OUT THE APPLICATION!!!!!!!!!!! I had planned on starting the adoption in about three years, but it was clear God was saying to me last night to start NOW.
After filling it all out, I went to bed, now 2am. I still could not sleep, I had than knot in my throat. I finally told God that I did not know what else to pray, so I asked the Holy Spirit to intercede on my behalf. for about 10 minutes, I could not think a thought or say a word, except "Thank You." Over and over I kept repeating it. Finally I could think clearly, then I went to sleep. I got up this morning and went right to the phone to call FTIA, Families Thru International Adoption. I spoke with someone who told me that China was not open to singles adopting. I said OK and almost hung up. I asked her if it mattered if I wanted to adopt a special needs baby, and she said yes and put me through to Maury. Maury told me that if I get my paperwork done soon, I might be able to receive my referrel in October. God works. You see I put on my application last night that I wanted to adopt a special needs little girl.
I sent my application off and will start the home study stuff and paperchase for the dossier next week!!!!!!! God's timing is perfect, I can only pray that He works out all the details as I am not really mentally or financially ready to be a Mama yet.....
I received a check in the mail yesterday from my house refinance. I had not been expecting this check, so I wanted to pray about what to do with it. I began thanking God for this money and asking Him to show me what to do. Then I would pray for Addie Mei, as I have for the last many months. I do not know who she is yet, but I already love her and pray for her by name. I went back and forth praying between her and the money for 2 hours, then it hit me like a ton of bricks. GET OUT OF BED AND FILL OUT THE APPLICATION!!!!!!!!!!! I had planned on starting the adoption in about three years, but it was clear God was saying to me last night to start NOW.
After filling it all out, I went to bed, now 2am. I still could not sleep, I had than knot in my throat. I finally told God that I did not know what else to pray, so I asked the Holy Spirit to intercede on my behalf. for about 10 minutes, I could not think a thought or say a word, except "Thank You." Over and over I kept repeating it. Finally I could think clearly, then I went to sleep. I got up this morning and went right to the phone to call FTIA, Families Thru International Adoption. I spoke with someone who told me that China was not open to singles adopting. I said OK and almost hung up. I asked her if it mattered if I wanted to adopt a special needs baby, and she said yes and put me through to Maury. Maury told me that if I get my paperwork done soon, I might be able to receive my referrel in October. God works. You see I put on my application last night that I wanted to adopt a special needs little girl.
I sent my application off and will start the home study stuff and paperchase for the dossier next week!!!!!!! God's timing is perfect, I can only pray that He works out all the details as I am not really mentally or financially ready to be a Mama yet.....
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