New Pictures!

Our Article 5 letter was picked up Dec. 17 and couriered to the CCCWA in Beijing!  We are now waiting for our travel approval, which typically happens 3-4 weeks from the receipt of our Article 5.  Let's pray for it to move quickly and get us to China before Chinese New Year!  We also received updated photos of our little boy!  We requested photos in the care package we sent in October.  Maybe this means he got it?  He looks healthy and happy in his little winter suit!  Please join us every day as we pray for his continued health and safety!  We're coming for you little buddy!

For those of you new to our blog, feel free to read the older posts, or scroll past these pictures to "Read More" about why we decided to adopt!

Zac, ~18 months

Almost there!

Our theme song for Christmas, "All I Want for Christmas is You!"  No, I can't handle the Mariah Carey version!  We most likely won't travel by Christmas, but it's so close we can taste it.  We would give anything to climb on a plane tomorrow!

Well, we're almost there!  We received our "cable letter" from the National Visa Center on Nov. 29th stating that they had completed processing Zac's visa petition and forwarded it to the U.S. Embassy in Guangzhou, China.  About 2 weeks after this (about Dec. 13-17) we should receive our "Article 5."  This is where the consulate makes sure the visa petition is in order and signs off on it.  Then they send it to the CCAA for travel approval.  We're supposed to receive our travel approval 3 to 4 weeks after this, and that's where it gets hairy.  Chinese New Year is Feb. 10th.  We are praying that we can travel and be back before then.  We've been told that China is rushing somewhat to get families through.  Please pray for us that we can travel as soon as possible.  We can't imagine having to wait until later in February.

Thanks so much to everyone who has supported us through this long process!  We love you all more than words can describe!  It is a bittersweet Christmas, God willing it'll be our last one without Zac here.  In case we don't post again before the Holiday, Merry Christmas everyone!  Let us celebrate the day that Jesus was born, the day that God predestined us all to be adopted as His sons!

Ken and DeAnna

The kids packing a Care Package for Zac 10/15/12
Wonder if it ever got there?