Let the acronyms continue...we are DTC!

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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 to adopt, you send an official letter of intent for that child to China 
PA- Pre-approval: you then receive pre-approval from the Chinese government acknowledging your intent. You have not been officially approved to adopt this child, but it's really close.
LOA-Letter of Approval- eventually you receive an official Letter of Approval from the Chinese government and will soon receive your TA.
TA- Travel Approval: once you receive travel approval you usually travel within about two weeks!


So now that we are DTC, we are eagerly awaiting our Log in date and letter of approval. We should also get an update on Bailor when we are LID with (hopefully!) some pictures and video and we might get to ask questions about him. 

Probably the question we get asked most is: When are you going to go get him? Well, with our current timeline we are hoping on sometime this summer. But all in God's perfect timing. When we start getting worried about timing and logistics and money, we've got to stop and remember- He's got this. And at the end of this adventure there will be one less orphan out of 6 million orphans in China, one less out of the 147 millions orphans in this world. And that is one life that is worth all of the waiting. 

Blessings, and thanks for keeping up with our story!
-Mackenzie & Scott 

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