Notification from Our Adoption Agency

We received the following email from our Adoption Agency late this afternoon.

Wonderful news! We wanted to take the chance to send you a quick note before the weekend to let you know that based on the date that your documents were turned into the CCCWA, we believe a travel approval for your family will arrive in our hands shortly!  Although we are not sure on the exact date we will receive travel approvals, we are hopeful to receive them next week.  We are very excited for your family as you are one step closer to traveling to China for your little one!  Upon receiving travel approvals we will request a Consulate appointment for your family.  Once travel approvals arrive, we will email you as soon as we have them in hand.  We are contacting you today in hopes to be able to request consulate appointments as quickly as possible once the travel approvals arrive.

Potential travel dates were included as well.

Option 1

Leave around August 8-10 and return somewhere around August 24-25.**

**Leaving August 8 will include a 3 night/2 day tour in Beijing. If you would like to opt out of the tour you can potentially leave as late as August 10th 

Option 2

Leave around August 15-17 and return somewhere around August 31- September 1.**

**Leaving August 15^th will include a 3 night/2 day tour in Beijing. If you would like to opt out of the tour you can potentially leave as late as August 17th. 

Not quite sure how option 1 will work since we haven't received our travel approval yet.  We'll have to talk with our agency about potential options and see what transpires next week.  It is hard to believe, we will be traveling shortly to get Maddison! 
~ Dave

I could not let this moment go by without adding my thoughts.  We were in Walmart when we got this e-mail, standing in front of diaper rash cream and baby lotion, and all I could do was cry.  I made it out of the store with the diaper rash cream and totally forgot the baby lotion.  Oh,well.   On a more put together note, I just wanted to add a verse. 

 "Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!" 

 II Corinthians 9:15 

~ Robin