... are we bringing him home??? Thats a question we get asked a lot and one that I wish I knew the answer to. There are so many different steps that make up the adoption process and the timeframe for each of these steps is varied.
Our agency has told us that we can expect to travel to China 4-6 months after our LID. And how far off are we from that??? Well, right now we are waiting to get our approval from the USCIS (US Citizenship & Immigration Services) which they say will be done within 90 days - could be 30, average is about 50-60 but will be done by 90 days. After that we have to get our approval letter from the USCIS 'authenticated' which involves it being notarized a bazillion times and finally ending up in DC (via courier) at the US Dept of State and then the Chinese Embassy. Then our dossier gets translated by our agency, bound and put together... AFTER that we send everything to China.
So at this point, best guess when we will be bringing JJ home??? about 9 months from now... July 2012, when JJ is just shy of 2 years of age :( I completely understand the need for vetting families (support it 100%!) and understand that there are 'big governments' involved in this process (and big governments seldom move quickly) but it just breaks my heart to think of our son waiting sooo long for his forever family.
I know that God is a BIG God, mighty to save, so with all these timelines etc am trusting him... trusting that he is with Jon Jon, caring for him and using him until it is just the right time for him to come home.
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