Travel Approvals x2

Yes you read it right!!! We got our travel approvals this afternoon. We are waiting on word of when we travel. Our agency is requesting our appointments for as soon as possible. The Chinese New Year is from Jan. 22-28. This means we cannot be in China during this time. All government offices are closed during this time period. Our options for travel are leaving Jan. 4th and returning home Jan 19-21st or leaving Jan. 25-27 and returning home Feb. 8-10th. Of course "we" want the sooner dates. His timing is perfect!!! I wanted our TAs to arrive last week. I wanted to be in China for Christmas. This week has been really tough. After getting our TAs and calming down a little I realized there were several obvious reasons why God was making us wait a little longer. Wen shares his foster home with a sweet little guy that will be coming home the same day Wen is. His Mama and I have been emailing since right after we were matched. She was six or seven days behind me in her paperwork timeline. After much prayer, she got her travel approval today too(: There is another Melissa Smith in this world too ( I know scary right). She happens to be using the same agency as us, and has a baby girl in the same orphanage as our Adaline. COOL HUH??? She has been several days behind us in her adoption paperwork timeline....so guess who got her travel approval today too??? Yep, ALL THREE FAMILIES are traveling together! Praise God! One more God thing...Papa needed a small procedure done before the new year was up. Today was his day because last week when Dr. Smith was scheduled to do it Papa had not withheld his meds for enough days. So, it had to be rescheduled. If we had plane tickets for China, Papa would not have gotten this done till after we returned and it would have been expensive. AND Papa got a clean bill of health per Dr. Smith (run on sentences don't count when excited) !!! Praise God some more!

AND we get to be with our William Cole for Christmas. Thank you all so much for praying for us. We will let you know as soon as we get our travel dates. We are going to CHINA!!! Not much longer Adaline and Wen....