Life with Jailyn Hope: September 2008

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Butt Prints in the Sand

One night, I had a wondrous dream;
One set of footprints there was seen.
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
"Those prints are large and round and neat,
But, Lord, they are too big for feet."
"My child," He said in somber tones.
"For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait.
You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith you would not know.
So I got tired and fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt,
Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave some butt prints in the sand."

What does Jodi mean by LID?

NSN = Non Special Needs/ regular referral
SN = Special Needs
"Red Couch" = traditionally the children get their pictures taken on the red couch at the White Swan
White Swan = this is the hotel that most adoptive families stay in Guangzhou while waiting for their Visa applications to be processed.
TA = Travel Approval! This is the notice from China that we have been approved to travel for adoption. Once our agency reeives this, we can schedule the Consulate appointment in Guangzhou.
SWI = Social Welfare Institutes, the orphanages
LID = Log In Date. This is hte date the CCAA received our dossier. Our LID is 10-28-06
IR-3 = the type of US Visa Jailyn will receive, which means that once she pases through immigration at our first US stop, she will be and American citizen!
Lifeline Children' Services = our adoption agency
DTC = Dossier to China. This is the date our dossier (all of our paperwork) was mailed to China.
CCAA = China Center fo rAdoption Affairs, which is where the dossiers are sent to be reviewed and then matched with our child

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