Welcome to our blog!

We have created this blog for our friends and family to follow along with us during our journey to our dear sweet daughter Anna Jean. As many of you know, God has led us to the Peoples Republic of China where our application (also known as a dossier) is waiting to be matched with our daughter. We started this journey in November 2005. Children of the World, a non profit Christian adoption agency, held a seminar at our church. We attended the meeting and the rest is history. We spent most of 2006 paperchasing and getting approval from our government to adopt from a foreign country. Our application was sent to China on October 25 to our agency's representative in Beijing. She hand delivered it to the CCAA (China Center for Adoption Affairs) on November 6 and we were officially logged into their system November 30. The log in date (also known as LID) is a big milestone. Now we wait until the CCAA matches us with a child who needs a home. We requested a healthy infant girl up to 12 months in age. They take pride in matching parents with their children. Unfortunately, the wait between LID and referral is 16 months and getting longer. Please pray that things speed up. We have comfort in knowing that
God is in control. We are waiting on God, not man.

In the meantime, we will stay busy decorating her room and preparing for her arrival. Susan took a couple of Chinese lessons last October and November. We also have met alot of great families who have already adopted or who are waiting. We are fortunate that our agency has functions and workshops where we can meet and network with other families. We also have a group in Montgomery called "Panda Pals". It is made up of families who have adopted or who are waiting to adopt from China.

We hope you enjoy this blog and following along in our amazing journey. We will post updates on a monthly basis.