Today's Adventure: The Beijing Zoo!
2 Trains- 7 Stops on the Beijing Subway..
Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Zachary Fu Hai Blauwkamp
the blauwkamps journey to adopt a little brother for xixi!
meet xixi's didi!
Zachary Fu Hai Blauwkamp
follow us on our journey
- ross, julie, xixi, and zach
- we are just 4 sojourners attempting to do kingdom life in carroll county, md.
our timeline journey
- 3.29.07 logged in our dossier with CCAA for blauwkamp #2
- december 2008- sensed god telling us to switch up our adoption plans and pursue adopting a boy with special needs. realized if we pursued this route, we would have to start over with a new adoption agency. decided to go for it!
- january 2008- submitted our application with our new agency- GWCA
- 1.16.09- received the file for Fu Hai
- 1.18.09- phone consultation with CHOP to review Fu Hai's reports
- 1.19.09 - submitted our questions to our agency
- 7 weeks later...received additional information!
- 3.10.09- submitted our Letter of Intent (LOI)
- 3.17.09- received Pending Approval (PA)
- 5.29.09- dossier FINALLY on it's way to china!
- 6.23.09- officially logged in with the CCAA (LID)
- 9.08.09- received our letter seeking confirmation (LSC)!
- 9.30.09- TRAVEL APPROVAL (TA)!!!!
- 10.20.09- LEAVE FOR CHINA!!
- 10.25.09- MEET ZACH!!
- 11.04.09- Consulate Appointment!
- 11.07.09- FLY HOME!
china adoption acronyms
- CCAA- China Center for Adoption Affairs- all adoptions from China go thru this
- Dossier- a file of documents submitted by parents to the CCAA.
- I600- form needed to apply for a visa for the adopted child to travel into the United States and become a U.S. Citizen
- LOI- Letter of Intent- letter submitted by prospective adoptive parents to the CCAA stating their intent to adopt a child. Included in the LOI is a detailed care plan of how they will provide the care and medical attention this child will need.
- LSC- Letter Seeking Confirmation- letter sent by the CCAA to the adoptive parents confirming the placement of a child with the family.
- PA- Pending Approval- approval given by the CCAA in response to a LOI. This approval is dependent on the review and approval of the family's dossier.
- TA- travel approval- granted by the CCAA after the LSC has been sent back to them. This document permits the family to travel to China to adopt their child.
2 comments:
I am SO excited for you -- each time I look at the clock, I figure out what time it is where you guys are! Praying for you!
So do you guys recommend the zoo? I thought for a minute that we were going to have a "find XiXi" moment in the shot with all the pandas. How cute.
Jolene
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