Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
I will bring your children from the east
and gather you from the west.
Isaiah 43:5
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Here are a few recent pictures of the kids and Jasmine. Ethan is getting so big and so ornery which is just the way I like him! That's Nicci with Hannah, then Conner with Jacob and Blaine at our annual "Blessing Party." Our three families get together for dinner, a "Back to School Relay," and we pray over our kids before they start school. As far as the adoption goes we are still waiting for what they call the PPP (pesky piece of paper) from USCIS. Once we get that in we take it to our agency's office and we are done with paperwork until we have our baby girl!
I am a wife to a wonderful man, and a mother of five beautiful, healthy children. If I had time, I would get organized, read, research stuff, exercise (pressing on!), and take more naps. We live in the great state of Oklahoma. Life is good. God is great!
A List of Common Adoption World Abbreviations and Terms
SWI - Social Welfare Institution, the orphanage, but also sometimes an orphanage and a home for the elderly
SN - Special Need, some of the families request a child with a special need, we have chosen not to
LID - Log In Date, the date your dossier is officially logged in in China
Travel Group - All the other families who have the same DTC/LID date as we do and we will all travel together unless one of them chooses a child with a special need. Usually all the referrals in a group come from the same orphanage, which will be another thing we will have in common with our travel group.
I-171h - a PPP that we waited 6 weeks on so we could finish our dossier
USCIS - United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Bethany - Our adoption case worker at Dillon who is very patient and has a great sense of humor
Dillon - Our adoption agency, which we love, is based in Tulsa, but serves many parts of the country, and it's Christian based
PPP - Pretty Peace of Paper, once you have received the pesky one it becomes the pretty one ;)
PPP - Pesky Piece of Paper, which is any piece of important paper you are waiting on
Referral - The first picture you see of the child you have been matched with and a brief medical history
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