our pre-approval for our daughter has arrived! We are overjoyed to introduce……
Name: Xia Bai Jie
Date of birth: 01/09/07
From: Nanning City, Guangxi, China
Referral date: 12/14/09 (Pre-Approval)


Our journey to our daughter has been long with many ups and downs along the way. Those of us in the adoption community describe it as like a roller coaster ride that just keeps going and going….and as you try and hang on and get oozy and hope that the ride will end……you just hang on, never knowing when it will ever end…..and you go for another spin around the track. Well…..although we are still on the ride, we are finally slowing down and hopefully riding on a straight track to the gate!
As we are not that young anymore :-), and we have waited for over 3.5 years since the start of our journey, we decided recently to be very proactive in searching for options. I truly believe that we were meant to take this fork in the road….we decided to switch agencies as our daughter was on a different agencies waiting list. Well….to make a very long story as short as possible….we are in the process of making the switch. It means more paperwork and more cost…..but the reward is priceless.
We have our daughter and can’t wait to be able to get on that plane to go get her! Come on…..LOA (Letter of Approval)……..the sooner the better! We are hoping to travel in late May or early June.
We want to thank everyone for all of your support, your understanding and your continuous prayers throughout this process. It means everything to us! Without you….this would not have been possible.