This is the subject line of the email that I received from our agency today at 4:20. I know, I know, most of you have no idea what that means & since I am definitely one of the world's worst at keeping up with this whole blogging thing, most of you shouldn't. In the China adoption world, LOA refers to your official Letter of Acceptance from China. It generally takes 2-3 months from the time you accept your referral to receive this. In fact, I was hoping & dreaming we might receive this by the end of December & here it is, TODAY, just 5 weeks after we accepted our Lexi Marie! It sure put me in better spirits after just dropping my iphone a few hours earlier & breaking the screen into a thousand shards of glass. Those that know me well are not a bit surprised this happened but I was not a happy camper & knew I would not be able to sweet talk the AT&T peeps into a brand new free phone like the last time this happened. But who really cares about a broken phone, we got LOA!!!!!
OK, back on track, you may be wondering what this LOA thing really means. Well it means that we should be traveling to China to get our baby girl in 10-14 WEEKS!!! I guess that's kind of like we're nearing the last trimester of pregnancy. OK, that is crazy just typing that. We have a lot to do between now & then! For now, we would appreciate prayers & more prayers! Prayers for Lexi Marie's health & safety, that she has unexplainable peace & joy in the between time, that deep within her there is a special longing meant only for us, & that she knows how much her Jesus loves her. Prayers also for Keaton & Addison as they adjust to all of these changes & challenges ahead. And prayers for a continued smooth process as there are several more steps to be had. We will be filing more immigration paperwork this week, waiting for that to be processed through China, & then awaiting for our official TA (or Travel Approval). Most people then travel to China 3-4 weeks after they receive their TA. I promise to keep you all posted. Thanks again for the prayers & encouragement along the way!
