Our 2nd Journey to China. Where dreams continue...

Wishes Needed for Hannah!

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am putting together a 100 good wishes quilt scrapbook. I have the quilt and I have the bits of fabric on paper. I just need to add wishes to each paper.

We would REALLY appreciate wishes from you! If you could email me your wish to wishes@kjvb.com , I will then print your wishes and add it to the fabric page in the scrapbook. Keep in mind, the wish can be anything you would like to say to Hannah. Thanks in advance!!!!!!!! Please help us with our project for Hannah! xoxoxo

Our Mitten Mission for China....

It has been my mission to send supplies to Mara-Grace's orphanage each year around the time of her birthday in November, as a way letting them know that we still think of them, and appreciate all the care that they gave to her.
I have decided to begin a Mitten Mission for China. In reality, I would appreciate donations of any new handmade (knitted or crocheted) mittens, hats, booties .... that I would then in turn mail to the orphanage. This will be an ongoing project that I hope to continue for many years. Once Hannah is home, I will then divide what I have made/collected and send half to her orphanage around her birthday as well. If you have anything you have made that you would like to donate by mailing to me, I would very greatly appreciate it. Please email me at mitten-mission@kjvb.com for my contact/mailing info.

Our Adoption Timeline

· In April 2008, Kevin and I attended a special celebration at our church called , "the Arc of the Covenant" where I prayed for a sign and a way to be able to begin this journey again. Kevin, who had been away from his seat, came back and told me that he just saw a ladybug...Ladybug sightings are a significant sign of good luck/adoption news in the adoption community.

· After months of hoping/praying/dreaming, we decided that we would be able to adopt again. Victoria was so excited and thankful to know that we would be proceeding. We decided to save our news to tell our families/friends on Mother's Day weekend (May 10th/11th)

· April 19th- I emailed Karen W. for info on the process.

· April 28th- Phoned adoption agency. They advised us to wait to bring in our registration for confirmation that the SN program would continue.

· May 10th- Announced our exciting news to our families!

· May 12th- attended an info night at our adoption agency.

· May 14th- Karen W. confirmed that SN program will continue and that we could proceed with registration.

· May 15th- Spoke with agency and made app. for registration.

· May 20th - Dropped registration off at Adoption agency!!!!

· May 22nd, phoned our Centre Jeunesse (Children's Aid) to request an adoption project.

· May 27th, received info package from Centre Jeunesse.

· May 30- Obtained police clearance

· February-complete medical exam. Most tests done. June 6- last two bloodtests completed

· June 9th- mailed Centre Jeunesse package in.

· June 11th picked up completed Medical report (Jen's) from Doctor

· June 12- Kevin's doctor's appointment!

-July 9th, Received file #, sponsor etc... from agency. Karen W. is our sponsor who guided us along our journey to Mara-Grace...

-August, September and October our homestudy was being written and completed

-November 14 we dropped our complete file off at our agency.

-January 4, 2009 Our file is logged in at the CCAA!!!!

-Monday August 10, 2009 We received "THE CALL" from Karen- our sponsor. Finally, news of our Hannah Faith!

-August 26th 2009, we received our Pre-Approval.

-September 16th 2009, "Letter Seeking Confirmation" (Approval!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

-Friday, November 11th, received TRAVEL APPROVAL!

-Monday, November 13th, received our travel plans. Itinerary the following day!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Well, another unexpected phone call came from our Sponsor Karen today! Incredible! We have received our Approval "letter seeking confirmation"! This tells us that we have been approved and officially proposed our Hannah! We are beyond excited!!!!! We received our Pre-approval news on Aug.26th. We were expecting to hear this news anywhere from 4-8 weeks from pre-approval. It is only 3 weeks today!!!!!!!!!!! INCREDIBLE!

We will be going in to our agency tomorrow to drop off a little paperwork (all packed and ready!) and we have our travel meeting booked for Oct.2nd!!!!!! Not sure of any real details yet, but we expect to travel 6-8 weeks from now! So, Oct.30th, November 6 or 13th. Just this morning (before ANY news) I told my mom that I had the feeling we'd travel November 6th.

We couldn't be happier tonight. So incredibly thankful for God's strength, will and love....

xo

5 comments:

4D said...: That is wonderful, wonderful news!!

Keep smilin!; September 16, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Wanda said...: Oh, I'm so, so happy to hear this. And so quick. That's fabulous.

China is wonderful in Nov. That's the month we got our Dahlia. Oh my soul - you might be going the same time as Doris. Wouldn't that be cool!!; September 16, 2009 at 10:56 PM
hm said...: Great news...won't be long now until your holding your new bundle of love. I'm so happy for your family. I do agree with Wanda, China is really nice in November...and then your back just in time for planning a beautiful Christmas with all three of your daughters...what a blessing.

Helen; September 17, 2009 at 1:15 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh WOW,WOW, WOW! For some reason, I've been thinking about you all week and kept meaning to drop an e-mail (but it's September and I'm a teacher so I haven't taken the time), but I was just going to ask how you guys were holding up. I NEVER expected that you would be getting paperwork so soon. Fantastic! Congratulations.

Dawn; September 17, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Catherine said...: Such wonderful news! Hey, we just may see one another in Beijing!!; September 17, 2009 at 3:21 PM