Yi and Mei Together: prayer

Timeline to Feng Mei (aka Cassandra Mei)

December 5, 2010 - the Lord called us to adoption.
December 6, 2010 - We saw a picture of Feng Mei, and i cried.
December 10, 2010 - Randy prayed for the Lord to move on his spirit so he could feel what Sonya and I were feeling for Feng Mei.
December 11, 2010 - Before ever reviewing her medical history, Randy and i were in complete agreement to adopt this sweet little girl.
December 13, 2010 - Sonya and i drove to Albion, IN to seek adoption of Feng Mei and pay the application fee.
December 14, 2010 - the day Hand in Hand would have been forced to relinquish Feng Mei's file for good
December 20, 2010 - pre-approval granted by the Chinese government to adopt Feng Mei
April 22, 2011 - DTC (docs to China)
May 11, 2011 - LID (log in date)
September 19, 2011 - LOA (letter of approval)
I800 Approval- October 13, 2011
NVC Cable - October 25, 2011
Article 5 - November 14, 2011
TA (travel approval) - November 28, 2011
CA (consulate appointment) - December 21, 2011
the day my family boards an airplane to China to bring Mei Mei home for good! - December 9, 2011!

the day my family returns home with our newest addition - December 23, 2011!!!!!

Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I--I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Yi and Mei Together

Friday, September 30, 2011

No Greater Joy Mom: 24 hours for baby Zac