First and foremost, a huge blessing to share-- God brought us together with someone special, who agreed to come into our home and stay with Arabella and Sterling while we travel!! That my friends, is a true God story! This adoption has been very different than our three previous adoptions and while each has its own story, this one by far, is the biggest leap of faith!
One leap of faith, was trusting God to work it out for us to travel, together-ie: childcare for 3+ weeks with someone we trust. He did so in a big way, finding someone that we've known for years, through a friend & neighbor. She's a caring and loving, Christian lady who is a grandmother and a retired school teacher! We appreciate her and the love and kindness she will show our children while we are gone!
When starting this adoption, the plan was for Earl to travel solo and this was our plan for a good long while, until we were blessed with the approval to adopt 2 boys at the same time. At first, we were comfortable with Earl traveling solo; but the more we thought, the more we felt the need for both to travel. Adopting one child, no problem; while extremely stressful, Earl is more than capable and willing but with 2 children, it completely changes the dynamics. I felt it was not fair for Earl to manage 2 new children, on his own. BUT, the biggest issue with us traveling together, was finding someone to care for Sterling and Arabella. We had no one and knew if it were to happen, it would be a faith walk and trusting God to work out the details. Praise God, he did and in a super big way!!
We continue to wait for the Letter of Approval/Letter Seeking Confirmation (LOA/LSC). We've been counting & waiting since September 11, when our dossier (mounds of paper) was logged into China's computer system. Last night, we learned that another family adopting, received their LOA after an 80 day wait. Their log-in date of August 11, is exactly one month, before us--so, this helps to better gauge when our LOA/LSC will potentially arrive. We guess around the end of November to the first of December time frame, we will receive our Letter of Approval from China, "officially" approving us to adopt Eli & Ming!
Below are updated pictures of Eli. We received a report that said Eli is having a rather difficult time adjusting to his newest foster family. In less than a year, this is his third foster family. We can't wait to travel and bring him home so that he will learn to understand the true dynamics of a family and that families are forever. Please continue to pray with us that our boys remain in God's loving care and remain healthy and safe.
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