We are DTC!

We were notified, that as of March 5, we are DTC (dossier to China). In a few weeks we will be notified of our LID (log in date). These are huge things for us. It means we are officially done proving who we are.

I am totally curious about how much of what we have to do for our Dossier--meaning all the clearances, etc--did our new president have to go through? Fingerprinting twice? Local police cleareances as well as state and federal? Numerous county documents that were certified and verified and state sealed? Analyzing of our family, both past and present? How about tetanus, tb, hiv, drug screen? Subject to BMI discrimination? Three written references, tax returns, pastoral reference, employment reference and verification? Just to name a few.

Anyway, it's done. Of course, we will have to renew our fingerprints and immigration status and probably a few other things. Our LID will be the date that we are officially "Logged In" with the CCAA. Now we can go ahead and officially start waiting. I know--what have we been doing since June? waiting? yes, we have, but we trust in God's timing.

We are praying for our baby girl, as the kids say "whether she's born or not", that she is being taken care of and being fed properly, and as a bonus: interacted with and held. We are looking for a match SOON, but we know there may be a wait ahead of us.

Meanwhile, Deb is distracted with fundraising and training for the Avon 2-day walk. Have you had a chance to sponsor me yet? www.avonwalk.org/goto/debkuiper will take you right there. Dwayne is getting busy finishing up repairing a house and beginning to get ready for the season.

Deb & Dwayne