Anxiously Awaiting LOA !!!

Still no news :(.  We are on day 97 of our wait for LOA.  For those who have been following along, I thought I'd update the remaining steps left before we leave for China.  Once we get our LOA, it will still be between 10 and 12 weeks before we travel.  So here's the list..... (I'll update list as we go to count down the items remaining!!)

• Receive LOA
• Send I-800 application to USCIS (asking US immigration for permission to adopt the child we were specifically matched with)  
• USCIS forwards our approval to the National Visa Center (NVC) to petition visa
• The NVC forwards the approved visa petition to the US Consulate in Guangzhou China 
• The Consulate reviews the visa application (the DS-230), makes sure it meets the qualifications for an immigrant visa, and then signs off that everything is in order for the adoption to be completed.
• The approval is forwarded to the CCCWA, which issues our Travel Approval!

Continue to pray that we will get our LOA this coming week!  Had to leave you with one picture... :) !

 -Dave