Paperwork update

Hello again,

We finally received the immigration form last week. We traveled to Austin on Saturday and got the necessary certifcations on all of our paperwork Monday morning. Then we overnighted it back to Houston.

Now it is being overnighted to the Houston consulate, where it MAY take up to 2 weeks for final processing.

Then it will be DHL'd to China (about a week).......then it will be put into the computer system within 10 days, but it may take a month to find out the actual day they put it into the computer system...................

THAT'S WONDERFUL!!!! When we find that date out, we will be able to track the dates that the government is working on from our own computer!!!!

I am VERY happy that this is working out so far. Once it gets to China, I know that I won't have to do anything but wait and check on their dates.

As it gets closer I will have to raise more money and redo some paperwork (it will probably expire before we get to bring her home). However, just the fact that it is in the last hands before we get to see our little daughter.........it's exciting just thinking about it.

We won't have to start redoing paperwork until February (fingerprinting) or April................so it gives me a chance to sit back and work on the money issue from our own paychecks as much as possible......

What a relief.....God's timing, once again, is good...........


Prayer requests:

1. The paperwork to make it to China.....and as quickly as possible

2. For us to raise enough money to bring her home

3. For us to easily get through the paperwork that has to be redone next year

4. For Gary to get a job soon......preferrably teaching at this point

Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers......I look forward to sending you more information on Ruth as we have it ourselves, including our first picture of her (we don't expect that until around NEXT August).

We are glad to have you as family!!

Love,

Terri & Gary