Fancy Fingerprints and Binge Watching Adoption Travel Videos

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We were excited to recently get our biometric finger print appointment mailed to us from the US Immigration office. This is one more piece in the puzzle of the elements that will be sent to China once all documents are approved and assembled on the US side. This is one of those things where the government tells you when it is and that is when you go. No phones or purses allowed, you jsu bring your appointment letter and your ID. :-) At our recent training we talked to couples who were done within an hour of their appointment to being there 5 or 6 hours. I'm blessed that with my recent change to 4 10 hour shifts I can take that full day without having to take vacation that I'll need later to travel to China. Pray for us on February 4th at 8:30am that all goes quickly (and if not quickly for patience) and also for the approval of our I800-A documents which have been having some odd unexpected technical hiccups along the way. In other recent news we received some new pictures of Bailor after sending a care package for the upcoming Chinese New Year. We'll be sharing those soon. Beyond that we've traded TV time to watch adoption videos detailing the travel process so we can get a better sense of what to expect. One we're pretty sure was Bailor's orphanage when he would have been 1 to 1 1/2, but we couldn't confirm if we saw him there. It was interesting to see some videos that showed the outside of his orphanage as well. That's all for now. God is good! All the time!

 If you are interested in watching any adoption videos, here is a playlist we made:

 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzVL4dP4H1J0EhSzMY-cx8QIiXhn9rqBi


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