This is the first picture that we ever saw of our little Wei, Xiao Li (Grace). The agency that we had used to adopt Lily had just gotten a new list of waiting children. It was a few days before Thanksgiving, 2007. We went to look at her file and were absolutely smitten with her! We just barely started things in motion, and, as David says, "things have been going like a freight train ever since". We are confident that God is in this, and He has already done many amazing miracles to bring Grace home. Here are just a few of the things that He has done.
1) Provided a $5000 grant on the very day that we went to look at Grace's file. It was also the very day that I had determined that we couldn't afford to adopt again from China unless God intervened. He did!
2) Before AAC's new list came out, we had determined that a child born in 2004 would be the best match for our family. Out of 10 kids, 5 of them on the list were born in 2004.
3) Our agency told us to have our fingerprints sent to CBI right away. CBI approval had been taking up to 3 months and was holding up a lot of people. We did this, and got approval in 6 days! Joni (from AAC) said that she had never had anyone get approval that quickly.
4) Joni also told us that because of David's diabetes, the CCAA would probably request a letter from his doctor before we would be pre-approved. But, the CCAA approved us without a letter, right before Chinese New Year.
5) There were only four days between the time when AAC sent in our INS forms and we got approval to go in and get fingerprinted. Plus, two of those days were weekend days! Usually, it takes two weeks.
So, now we are waiting for our INS approval and then all of our paperwork will be sent to China. We are hoping to go and get Grace this summer. This seems unlikely, because of the Olympics in August, but this is certainly not too difficult for our God! He loves to show His grace to His people!
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