GREAT NEWS!!!

Our dossier was able to be sent to China on Thursday after all!!!  Our home study agency director was out of the country busy working on adoption related things when we desperately needed her signature. Her internet was down, so she was not able to get it to us.  Not to mention a major time difference. It was stressful and went right up to the last moment. But everyone's hard work and God's provision came through. Our dossier made it out as planned. We have been very blessed to have wonderful people helping us and working with us. It can get very frustrating when things don't go smoothly because emotions are running high. We don't want him to spend one more day than he has to in the orphanage. We want him home. The wait is a very difficult thing. It is very hard to be patient. Knowing he is growing up while we wait is not a good feeling.  More big news. We also found out from our agency's Beijing office that they spoke to someone at the orphanage and they said they did tell him about us. So he knows! That's good and bad. I'm happy he does know he has a family. I'm sad because I don't know how long ago they told him and he is probably wondering where the heck we are. They had recommended that we not contact him yet. The wait is so long. For a child it is an eternity. They have found that when the kids have to wait so long they lose hope and get upset. I can understand that. It feels like forever for us too. We still have probably about 6 more months until we finally get our approval to bring him home. I am going to put together a photo album for him and write him a letter. Our agency has offered to translate the letter and get it to him.That is so great! I am very excited. So our boy knows about us!! He was told that he has a family, that he will be going to the U.S., but that he will have to wait several months to see his parents. Well, I am going to get going to write my son a letter!! That is awesome. Finally, I get to speak to him, sort of.