LOA Update

There is no new news, but I wanted to explain the process in a little more detail.

We've been waiting for 69 days for our Letter of Acceptance(LOA) to come. We know we are in the Matching Room, where our file and Sophie's file are put together and the LOA is written. Our agency says they expect it "any day now". From what I have seen on other's blogs, it appears that the magic number of days that are passing before receiving LOA is 75. If that holds true for us, which we hope it surely does, we should receive our LOA sometime next week. Day 75 for us is next Tuesday, January 19th. Once we receive the LOA, we sign it and send it to the US Consulate in China, who then forwards it on to the China Adoption people, or CCAA. We can then apply for our visas. The next step then is for the CCAA to issue our travel invitation, or TA. Once we receive TA, our agency can make our appointment with the US Consulate in China, and then we can begin booking flights.

I know you aren't supposed to wish your life away, but I really wish tomorrow, or today for that matter, were January 19th!