OK....I have literally been stalking my email for the past 10 days!!! Today I got the email that I have been waiting for...LID today!!!!! Literally I got the email like 4.23 minutes ago, ran upstairs and showed Jason, posted in my adoption fb groups and then started this blog!!!!!! I know that for those that aren't in the adoption world this really doesn't seem like a big deal...but here is why it is a BIG deal!!!! We are officially now a WAITING FAMILY!!! This means that any file that our agency gets we will be thought of as a potential family for that sweet baby girl!!! So all this means is that China has received our dossier and have officially logged us into their system. I suppose this means that we have a number or some identifying power because when the shared list comes out once a month, the agency grabs the file of the child that they think is a match for you and then puts your name on it for the 72 hour hold...this gives you 72 hours to decide if you want to move forward or not!!! So we are now eligible for the once a month list that comes out and is shared with ALL OTHER AGENCIES...very competitive. However, we are also eligible for the orphanage partnerships that our agency gets sole files from....and from what I hear there are some of those coming.....and this is huge because I am with a small agency and they have several partnerships...this is NOT NEAR as competitive because only LID families with my agency are allowed to receive those files.....so here is the new year and waiting to see our daughters face in 2014!!!! This is a big day at the Gladson's house today!!! Lots of dancing going on!!!! The next step is just waiting for her file to be given to us by God....and as of now that could be ANY DAY!!!!!
So excited that we are now labelled "a waiting family!!!!!!! No more paper chase!! Well no more paper chase until we are preparing to bring Mabry home....but right now we just sit back and let God do the work!!! All we can do now is wait and lots of praying!!! Please join us in praying for patience and discernment as we continue to seek where God is leading!!!
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