Saturday, May 30, 2015

Mail Call

An exciting day at mail call yesterday!  Among bills and junk mail was this much awaited gem from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...
Our I-797 Approval form!  Which means our next step is to get our already notarized "paper trail" verified by the State Department and then authenticated by the Chinese Consulate. 

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Working As Fast As We Can

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
- Mother Teresa

She is alone in a sea of strangers and not being given the individual love and attention she needs.

I'm committed to getting to you as soon as possible.  I'm not looking for repayment, but I am looking towards that perfect day when we do something for each other that is beyond payment.

Monday, May 18, 2015

Whorls, Loops and Tented Arches

Headed out today to give our fingerprints to the feds!
 
One more step closer! 
 
Getting the last few things notarized for our Dossier: 
 
 Now we wait (once again) to hear back about our approval of our I800A from immigration.
Our goal from the beginning was for us to not cause a "bottleneck" and so far we've lived up to it!