Travel Meeting Scheduled

On April 10th we received an email from our agency saying it was time to schedule our travel meeting. The travel meeting will address what to expect during the trip, how to facilitate bonding, what will happen each day while in China , how to make travel arrangements for our trip, discuss paperwork to bring/do ahead, shots, packing tips, etc. The agency suggested several days and asked all the families which one was best. May 12th was selected which unfortunately is one of the worst days of the year to take off with the board of trustee's meeting and graduation. Thankfully, my boss was supportive when I told her I would need off that day.

I am looking forward to this meeting because it will answer lots of questions but also mean we are one step closer to Sophia. The agency expects that we will get our referral late May or early to mid June. Pray for the end of May date. This waiting is incredibly hard.

Anne

Referrals for part of June group

The news came today for the families with log in dates up to June 6th.

It is so nice to see the excitement on the June yahoo listserv. While it is not us getting referrals, people I have been on-line with for almost a year are getting theirs. It just makes it all the more real. We hope that our referral will be in the next batch which will come towards the end of May. I will be following the rumor mill very closely next time. I don't know where the people get their information from but they predicted the June 6th cut off as early as 4/20, almost a week before the official word was out.

Hanging in there.... if only by a thread

I can not believe we are still waiting for our referral. It is hard not knowing when it might come. When we first got started we expected to have Sophia home by now and here we are without any information about our chosen daughter and when we will meet her.

Group 27, who logged in one month before us, is still waiting for their referrals. They have been expecting them "any day now" for about a month. They were given today, April 10th, as a date they should have them in hand. Time will tell.

We are very curious to see what happens with group 27 because we are group 28. Group 29 is logged in just four days after us. After our agency gets the referrals for group 27 they will schedule a travel meeting for our group and group 29. The travel meetings are typically scheduled 2-4 weeks before the referral is expected. It will talk about travel, what to pack, ways to encourage attachment, expectations, etc. Another small step in the long journey.

I wish I could write with better news but right now there is nothing in the pipeline. To look at the bright side no news is better than bad news.

Anne