Another Vickerman's China Adoption Story: What's Next???

The Beginning of this Journey...

The Lord began this journey towards our second adoption about 1 year ago. He put on our hearts to sponsor Kay - at Harmony Outreach and we did. When i first saw her, i fell in love with her and prayed for her to join our family. It wasn't until May 2008 that the Lord began to use her to open our hearts to adoption again. That was when we had John Bentley from Harmony Outreach (her foster program) staying with us and he told us that Kay was ready to be adopted internationally. We prayed about her and began the adoption process again. Unfortunately, it wasn't in God's plan for her to join our family but He did use her to open our hearts up to adoption again and we are excited to see where He takes us. We are Trusting in Him.

The Lord has brought Maylynn into our lives and hearts on Nov. 21st (that is when we received her referral). We are excited to see Him bring her home to us. Please pray for the rest of our journey. We can't wait to bring Maylynn home...

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

What's Next???

Many people (and myself) have been wondering what is the next step for us. Well, my agency cleared up some of my questions for us tonight...

We are waiting for our:

Letter of Approval (LOA) - wait time approx. 4 weeks (possibly beginning of April) - then-
Travel Approval (TA) - wait time approx 4 weeks (possibly beginning of May) - then -
Consulate Appointment (CA) - wait time approx. 3 days - then -
Travel - not too sure but it would depend on the CA, i think those are about 4-6 weeks out from the TA.

So, my best guess is June!

Please, please, please pray about whether or not Lance is suppose to come with me to China. I would love for him to be there with me for several of reasons but we are not sure about exactly what to do with the kids for 2 weeks and if we'll have the extra $$ for his plane ticket. And - please pray if he doesn't go with me: who will??? Any volunteers;)