Heart Smiles: Introducing.........

Friday, January 19, 2007

Introducing.........

1:08 PM | Posted by Amie

Lin Xiao Huan
August 30, 2005

On December 14th, 2006, we laid eyes on our daughter for the first time. It was LOVE at first sight. On Christmas day, we shared the exciting news with the kids and family that our "gang" would be expanding, once again. The kids were ECSTATIC! And also, in love. We heard screams of joy, a lot of "awww, she is so cute", and we were also subjected to endless interrogation as to when we can bring their little sister home!

Our Letter of Intent (LOI), asking permission from the Chinese government to adopt Lin Xiao Huan, went off to China on Friday, January 12th. Now we wait for our Pre Approval (PA) Letter from China granting us permission to be her family. Then we send off our dossier (same colossal mound of paperwork we did for Grace), and wait for Travel Approval (TA) from CCAA. Once we get our TA, we are good to go! We are estimating, based on current wait statistics, that we may travel in the summer to bring her home.

Needless to say, our hearts are SO full with joy! We pray that this is God's will and that CCAA grants us permission to be her family. We already know that Xiao Huan is very beautiful, loves to dance, and is very smart! We are so anxious to meet her, to give her a huge hug, to start learning everything about her, and to get her home to meet her five super-cool, fantastic ,wonderful, & amazing siblings!! In the meantime, we have peace knowing that God is watching over her. Please keep her in your prayers!

:)

The Gang
(who is still trying to find her perfect name! :) )