This is long overdue! We got our LOA!!! I was on a field trip at the pumpkin patch when I got the news. Tears of joy!! I am sure I looked like an idiot jumping around in my tie dyed school t-shirt but it was well worth the embarrassment.
We are now waiting on our I-800. It should come hopefully this week or the first of next week. From here on out we file for one thing wait two weeks file for the next, wait until that part comes in then file for the next. It will be like that until we get our TA- Travel Approval and our CA- Consulate appointment. Once we have that then we can get our plane tickets and go get ELLA! It is looking like we will travel sometime at the first of January. I am hoping tomorrow but I have learned to be content for now.
Today has been hard. We haven't been able to get an update or a care package to her. The first package was lost so we now have tried an organization called Red Thread China. Hopefully through them we can get Ella some much needed things as well as get a little more information about her. The hard part is the "not knowing."
Hopefully, I will be able to update the blog soon and shed a little more light into the process. Life is so busy and for now this is the best I can do. The last several months have been an emotional roller coaster. This is one of the hardest and best things I have ever been through. I can't even imagine what it will be like once I have that baby in my arms. To know the love I already have for her doesn't even compare to the love our Heavenly Father has for us is simply amazing. It makes me stand in awe of Him even more. Loving Ella has allowed me to Love my Heavenly Father more and has drawn me closer to Him! I want to spend all of my days wrapped in His protection, favor, peace, and love while serving Him with my whole heart. There is no greater place to be but in the center of His perfect will. If you have never experienced that I pray that you seek Him. When you seek Him you will find Him, when you seek Him with all of your Heart! Jeremiah 29:13 I did mention that this is one of the hardest things I have ever done... Sometimes the battle is hard but it is the peace that passes all understanding that gets you through. Love you friends!
