On Monday we received our I-800 form, this gives pre-aproval for Addie's citizenship. Right now we are waiting on a letter from the National Visa Center saying our clearance has been forwarded to the US consulate. We will then get travel approval from China and be able to schedule our travel to go and bring Addie home. It sounds simple enough, a few more steps and the process we have been in for the last 13 months is nearing an end.
In January when we received our Letter of Acceptance(LOA) allowing us to adopt Addie our agency gave us three possible dates of travel: March 16th, April 6th, or April 13th. Right away we knew we wanted to travel on March 16th for several reasons. Obviously it is the earliest date and would bring our family together the soonest. Another reason is the kids are on spring break the last week of March and that would be less school they would have to miss. At the end of October when we found out we were going to be able to adopt Addie our agency said it would be about 6 months before we traveled, so about the end of April. Landon began asking if we could go to China and celebrate his birthday which is the end of March. We told him if everything processed quickly there was a chance that could happen. He told us he didn't want presents; Addie could be his present and we could celebrate with a moon cake.
Since the end of October Landon has been praying for us to spend his birthday in China. He has prayed specifically to travel on March 16th since we found out that was a possible date. As we have looked at the possibilities of traveling these three different dates we have found airline tickets to be a lot less expensive for the March date. We really thought things were looking good to travel the middle of March. Wednesday as we were waiting in the airport to return home from Chick-fil-A seminar I called our agency to ask a few questions and mainly see what they thought about us still being able to travel in March. When I asked about travel he replied, " I wouldn't say it's impossible, it's just not probable." We talked a few more minutes and I hung up the phone a little disappointed that we probably will not travel in March. He explained the time frame things usually take to happen and he just didn't see that it could happen quickly enough for us to travel. As I thought for the next several hours as we waited in the airport and flew home I realized I worship God that makes the improbable things happen. I have a Dad who cares for his children and likes to give them good things.
As we got home and were putting the kids to bed we told them about the call and reminded them the only thing we can do is what we've been doing all along: Pray. We prayed that God would work out the details, speed the process up and allow us to be in China March 16th. We know that God is more than capable of doing the improbable; He is more than capable of doing the impossible also. God spoke and created the world in Genesis 1. In Genesis 2 he created man from the dust of the earth. In Joshua 6 God's people shouted and blew trumpets and the walls of Jericho fell. A few chapters later in Joshua 10, Joshua ask God to make the sun stand still and He does. We are not asking for the sun to stand still, just that God do the improbable and work it out so that we can travel the middle of next month. We would greatly appreciate any that would like to join us in praying.
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