journey of a blessed family

Wow! After complaining that I'd been missing all the averages so far....God gave me the gift of a super-quick Log In Date of June 27, 2008--just 7 days since it was sent! Thanks God! and Thanks China! for being so quick to translate and log-in (...and for not letting our file slide off the stack and onto the floor where it is lost under a desk for 5 months--a continual anxiety of mine!!)

So...we've taken yet another important step in the journey!! Next comes Letter of Acceptance (the average I've seen for Special Needs files is about 2 1/2 months...but you know how I feel about the averages!! You just never know!!)

We're still hoping to travel by Oct/Nov (and still have many grant applications to write and wait for, so we'll need every bit of that time to get the funding secured!!)

But, we're one step further along, so LET'S CELEBRATE!! (I might just splurge on Starbucks today!!)

Blessings, D

Hope you enjoy these few, precious glimpses of our son...
To get the music to play you must click on the speaker icon in the top left corner of the slide show. (it's supposed to play automatically, but I can't get it to work!!)

So, I'm playing with the 'add photo' feature now...it's been a few weeks since I actually created this blog, but I've not told anyone yet, so this is just my trial period. I've adjusted the name twice, the background a time or two...it's basic to say the least, but I'm getting my feet wet.

This photo, in case you were wondering, shows the items I sent in my most recent care package to our dear Min boy (I'm also deciding if I want to include our real names or come up with code names...hmmm, not sure!) I've been watching usps.com for tracking and the package was 'attempted delivery' status yesterday, so should be delivered by now! I wish I could be there to see him open his things. Hopefully they're taking pictures with the disposable camera I included inside. I will have a translator call in a day or two to check to see that everything arrived and to possibly get some updates. Pray that they will be willing to pass along some info (and maybe some new pics!)

I realize I've not told you much of interest yet, but bear with me, I'm just trying things out! More to come later (Fits 'n Starts, that's what I have time for right now!...maybe that would be a good name for my blog!!) Blessings!