Aprils list!

It is April and still no log in date for us. However, we have been assured by our agency that we have one by now it just hasn't been sent in as of yet. We are hoping our date is in early February as our Dossier papers were sent in mid-January. A log in date (LID) is important to us because that will be the "official" date our waiting period starts. That is the date we are "logged in " with The People's Republic of China and begin to be "considered" as parent's for one of their waiting baby girls. So far, it seems most people are still waiting 10 months for their referral (the picture of their chosen child) and then another month to travel and pick up their child. So, if nothing changes (no SARS or bird flu epidemic!!!) it will hopefully be November or December-we can only wait and see!
We do however have a "list" of people we will probably travel with! That is cool because we can all start to get to know each other before we spend 14 days together in China! I guess I was naive to think most of the people would be from around here because our agency, A Helping Hand, is in Lexington (only 30 short minutes away!). But, it turns out, there is a large variety of States represented in the group. That will be fun to get to know others from everywhere! This group is also significant in the fact that all of our daughters (and sons) will be given to us together, at the same time. We hope Taryn will have some life-long friends in this group!
Well, that is the only "update" we have for everyone. Just continue to keep us in your prayers. Most importantly pray for Taryn (and the other waiting children), we just want her to be "safe" and healthy until we can be with her...