From Charleston to China: The Clark Family's Adoption Journey

Okay so this acronym may need explaining after explaining it. :-) LID = Log In Date = The official date that China has logged all our information into their systems = A step we have been somewhat anxious about completing as we had a deadline of March 20th to complete this after we were prematched and preapproved to adopt Bailor = All of the paperwork, home studies, donations, personal funds and prayers and support from everyone over the last 6 months was all pushing towards this date = YAY!!!! = Sigh of Relief = Yes still more to go, but meeting this deadline helps us not have to redo anything we have done in the last 6 months = Yes, there are many more things to do and pray for and funds to raise, but this checkpoint is like doing a Marathon and getting to the checkpoint before the designated time and knowing that you won't be picked up by the bus even though you still have a good chunk of the race to run. :-) = Thank you for your continued support and prayer...

We hit a big milestone in the adoption adventure checklist this week- DTC! No that doesn't mean we now control the stock exchange and we aren't able to repel mosquitos better (although that would come in handy here in Charleston). :-) If you aren't familiar with the acronyms of the Chinese adoption world, this means that our dossier has been sent to China. Here is a really good acronym explanation that we borrowed from another Lifeline adoptive family's blog ( teamsecrest.blogspot.com ) ( highlighted items already done!) : DTC- Dossier to China : large packet of paper work including legal and government documents, as well as your home study review with your social worker, pictures, fingerprints, etc. that is authenticated by a couple of government agencies and then sent to China. LID- Logged-in date : after you are DTC it takes a few weeks to be logged in to China's system  LOI- Letter of Intent : when you have received a file of a child you are ready ...