moving again

After our paperwork took a long winter’s nap on some Chinese desk, it has seemed to wake up and move again. About dang time. We had heard nothing since November, then a few weeks ago we got our LSC. Last week we got our USCIS (US Citizenship & Immigration Services) approval called the i800. We’ve also received an email from the National Visa Center that we are logged in, meaning our Visa paperwork (no, we’re not talking annual percentage rates, the embassy variety of Visas) should be ready this coming week. Our adoption agency even said we’d be on the next conference call to discuss travel plans. We also have several people generously donate money and are close to our goal. Things are thankfully moving again.

Last week I think it hit us that we are very near the end of this adoption process. Things are moving quickly again. We’ll likely be travelling in May, meaning we are counting in weeks. Soon, we’ll be counting days, not weeks. Soon after that, Judd will be here.

Honestly, the whole adoption process seems imaginary, especially when we heard nothing for months. There is supposedly this little boy on literally the other side of the globe in a place we’d never heard of. We know little about him compared to our boys here. It still seems unbelievable that he’s becoming part of our family. Sure, we daily talk about Judd. He is part of our lives and prayers already, but in a distant sense. Soon this kid won’t be distant. He will sleep in the room across the hall, play with his new brothers downstairs, and be part of our daily lives. That hit home this week. He is closer than he’s ever been. And we are excited.

So thanks for your prayers, encouragement and support. Our only concern is that we get another update soon on Judd, since most information we have on Judd is right at a year old. Pray for that if you think about it. The next steps are getting our NVC Approval and Article 5 letter. Then comes the Travel Approval from China, and travel arrangements begin. Things are thankfully moving again.