I-800 Approval!!!

Yesterday I placed a call to the USCIS and was told that our I-800 had been approved just that day! We have a YES on both the China and USA side of the paperwork. Robbie's application for US citizenship has been approved!

The FedEx man also arrived and delivered our Passports back with our Visa stickers in them so we are able to enter China.

For these things we are VERY Thankful!!

That was our last "unknown step" things are now in order and we are waiting to finish the final steps so we can travel in February to bring Robbie home. Next our I-800 Approval gets sent to the NVC (National Visa Center) and we wait for our USA file to be cabled to the U.S. Consulate in China so they will be ready for when we arrive there. This should happen next week.



PUZZLE UPDATE:

So far 157 pieces have been purchased (including cash donations not shown on the chip in) which is AMAZING!

A huge thank you to those who have bought their pieces so far! We only have 393 left to go!

Yesterday as I took the puzzle out of the box to assemble the pieces that have been purchased so far, I realized how much it is like this adoption and for that matter sometimes how much it is like God's plan for our lives. There are all these pieces. The instructions (Bible) say it is this beautiful piece of art, but just look at this jumbled mess. It looks as if there is no way there could ever be a beautiful picture in there. Some of the pieces are weird looking, it's a complex mess, at 1st glance nothing looks like it fits, and at one point I didn't think it had enough pieces. But God called us to this and if we just stay focused on HIS plan, HIS will for our lives... piece by piece it will come together. And before we know it, we can see HIS masterpiece! HIS plan is perfect!

Each piece is just $10.

Your name will go on it so Robbie will know who helped bring him home.