After a whirl-wind Christmas season that included all my family in town, multiple live-nativity Christmas Eve services, A great Christmas Day with Family, A memorial service to celebrate the life of my Grandpa Peterson, my Birthday, Tea at the American Girl Doll store, and a lovely day at Cov. Harbor with friends, the email came through. It was THE email. The ‘you can go to China and bring home your daughter’ email. I was in a store with some girlfriends, and hadn’t checked my phone in at least…5 minutes. And then there it was on the screen.
CCAI- Travel Approvals Received- Please Read & Respond!
I replied to CCAI’s email, “Yes! Option 1!!!” That’s literally all I wrote. So flustered.
AHHHHH! It was official. We would leave the 8th, meet Lydia on the 13th, have our consulate appt on the 23rd and return home the 26th. Wow. This was really happening. We went into Walmart, I found the changing pad I wanted…and some bottles, and some cups, and spoons, and, and, and…. Oh, my goodness! I responded to CCAI and our courier for Lars’ visa, which we had to wait to submit because of his occupation… I called family and our travel agency.
The rest of the day was a flurry of phone calls and emails and finally in the late afternoon, the tickets were booked.
This is happening! God is so good! We are coming Lydia, Mommy and Daddy are coming!
I read your prayer request email – and got all choked up! Albin described it perfectly! We are so thrilled that you will finally get to hold your precious daughter in your arms. Prays going up now!
lifetime for the two of you, Lars and Katie … thanks be to God for this good and perfect gift – to all of us!
God bless you and your family. I am so thrilled for you all! Our prayers go with you on the trip. I can hardly wait to meet her.
Love Albins response! Hoping to make it down to meet her right away! Prayers for your journey.