Lilypie Waiting to adopt Ticker JOURNEY TO SARA LIN.... our adoption journey to China: June 2007

JOURNEY TO SARA LIN.... our adoption journey to China

I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him.

Thursday, June 14, 2007






Still no update from the CCAA on the Review Room. The next batch of referrals is expected to be another small batch. We anticipate the next referrals to be out sometime after 6/29/07. We are still planning to attend the foster orientation program next week. It won't hurt to consider other options. We have also looked into IVF programs in India. http://www.drmalpani.com/index.html
The facilities are state of the art and only cost about $2800 a cycle. Of course, you also have flight expenses (approx $1500) and hotel stay ($80-$110/night for 18 days). Most other costs are included. It is interesting that your spouse doesn't have to travel... you can just carry the "sample" in dry ice! Not sure if we are really going to consider this yet. It's just another option to explore while we wait. Here are pics of Sara's room so far..

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Well, the bad news has been confirmed. November 7th is the cutoff. I have e-mailed our agency today to see if there is any news on the review room. CCAA has not updated their site so we are all still in the dark. There are some rumors that May '06 is being questioned. We are LID 4/29/06 and have not heard a thing.

Friday, June 01, 2007

Everyone is anxiously awaiting the next batch of referrals. It is looking like a cut-off of 11/7/06. Not good. Can't confirm anything until referrals are actually received. Harrah's agency in TX is expecting a visit from the CCAA on 6/17/07. We are all hoping that some pointed questions will be asked about the wait and that we will get some answers..... The CCAA is typically tight lipped, giving vague answers. With that said, we don't expect a whole lot. Any news would be appreciated since we are all just waiting in the dark.