Hi!

I am new to this blogging thing, so be patient with me! This is how I will share our news of Piper with friends and family.

As a lot of you know, just yesterday we received our Letter of Acceptance (LOA) from China...such a huge day for us! This means we have been approved as adoptive parents in China for our little Piper!  We have been hoping the letter would come, but honestly we didn't wait nearly what we could have waited! The average wait time is around 39 days right now, and we got ours at day 25! So I am very, very thankful for that!

Yesterday I drove to South Georgia to meet Paul to have him sign our paperwork, and overnighted them to our agency. Today they will mail out the first part of our next few steps. The first thing we wait on is an approval from immigration. This usually takes about 3 weeks. I won't go in depth, but there are a few more steps after that.

What we are needing prayer for is this. October-December in China is crazy for travel. The month of October is almost completely out because of trade fairs and festivals. This November, China is hosting the Asian Games and in December the para-Asian games. We dont' know yet if this will make it where we can't travel until after the first of the year, but we are praying not! Please pray with us...We want to be able to get to Piper and love on her just as soon as we possibly can.

Thanks everyone!