Monday, March 5, 2007

A Red Letter Day!!!



WooHoo!!!! We got a call today from our agency - I saw their name on the caller ID at work and almost hurt myself trying to get to the phone first!! Our agency has received our Letter of Acceptance (LOA). This is something new that China has put into place for their Waiting Children programs. This is the time that we would have normally gotten our Travel Approval letter and could have begun to make our travel arrangements, now we get a letter that basically says - Are you sure you want to adopt Emma?!! Duh!!! Just get us there already!!! Oh well, its just another hoop. The really cool thing is that it means that our travel approval is only 2 weeks away. If everything proceeds as it should, our agency is telling us that they would like us to travel around the 24th or 25th of April. That kind of sucks for work, since it is our fiscal year end but if that is when we can go, we will go!! It does mean that we will miss the trade fair in Guangzhou which turns the city into a zoo and drives up the prices on hotel to double or triple their normal rates.

2 comments:

Darla said...

Janice,
I'm so happy for you, Rod & the kids... I got goosebumps reading your blog today....

Unknown said...

Janice--we are all so excited at work. And, I'm glad you have this blog to keep us posted--can't wait to watch your progress! -Heather