Isabella name's meaning is God's Promise or God is my Oath ! Ha, when I looked this up to see exactly what Isabella's name meant this is what came up. It is not surprising to me that it would say something about GOD. God's promise to fill the void of infertility in our lives, wow !!! I am so ever grateful for the GOD I serve and how HE loves me that much to have a hand in the little and big things in my life... Lord, I love you so much. You are my everything !!!!
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Received LOA
On 6/26/12 we received LOA (Letter of Seeking Confirmation from Adopter) - ok so what this letter basically says is - Based on you application and in accordance with the Adoption Law of the People's Republic of China, the China center of Adoption affairs matched a child with you. Herein, we sent the information about the child to you. You are kindly requested to make your decision, sign in the proper place below and deliver this letter asap to the adoption organization which submitted your application file.
ADOPTEE: LIN, YONG MEI
HEALTH STATUS: NORMAL
IDENTITY: INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD WHOSE BIRTH PARENTS CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED
FROM: SWC OF YUZHOU DISTRICT, YULIN, GUANGXI PROVINCE
So without a doubt, hubby and I signed the paperwork (YES, WE ACCEPT THIS CHILD AS OURS) made copies and immediately paid a visit to the Fed-Ex office and mailed this document off priority mail.
ADOPTEE: LIN, YONG MEI
HEALTH STATUS: NORMAL
IDENTITY: INSTITUTIONALIZED CHILD WHOSE BIRTH PARENTS CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED
FROM: SWC OF YUZHOU DISTRICT, YULIN, GUANGXI PROVINCE
So without a doubt, hubby and I signed the paperwork (YES, WE ACCEPT THIS CHILD AS OURS) made copies and immediately paid a visit to the Fed-Ex office and mailed this document off priority mail.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Friday, August 24, 2012
Referral Day
REFERRAL DAY - JUNE 25, 2012
We received a call from C.C.A.I at 1:00pm to tell us that we have "a daughter", our representative from the Fl. office spoke to me and asked me if my husband was home so we can listen to the call together. I told her that my husband was at work and that I would fill him with the details. She told me if I had access to a computer, that she would email me the picture of our daughter. My hands were shaking and my heart was beating fast. I quickly logged into my email and opened it up and this is the face I saw.
As soon as I saw this cute little face, I thought, "OMG! She is so cute!", but what caught my attention the most was the "HAIR", OMW, "THE HAIR", she reminded me so much of my husband, she actually looked alot like my hubbie, when it came to the hair and eyes. She has light skin like me. I was delighted, over the moon happy and feeling like I was touched by the grace of God.
Once I was able to get over the picture, I still had our Fl. representative on the other line, to which I heard her say, "Mrs. Bosch, do you have a pen and paper available so I can give you all her information?" and I immediately began to jot down all the info that she had readily available for me.
"Your daughter's name is: Lin Yong Mei (Lin) is the last name and it is given to every child in the orphanage based on the province they are from. (Yong) means a form of expression or Narrate in Poetic Form. (Mei) means Pleasing, Charming. Her D.O.B is April 19, 2011. She is from the Guangxi Province, and the name of the Orphanage she is from is Yulin City Yuzhou District Social Welfare Center but is currently in Foster Care throught the G&H program and has been in foster care since Aug 26, 2011 (so basically she was in the orphanage for only 3 mths before she was placed in foster care. They went on to discuss all the medical background and our daughter is perfectly healthy.
Our daughter was found abandoned on May 19, 2011 (I am assuming she was about 4 weeks old at the time of abandonment), she was left at the side door of a public market. The name of the market was called "Huaniao" and the road the market is on is called "Renminvhong". Hubbie and I plan to visit this market place after we get to China to take pictures.
Also, our Fl. representative informed us that the orphanage stated that at the time of referral she was 14mths old, and she could do the following things: Rollover, sit, grab small things, makes sounds at people and things, she gets excited when she see's a milk bottle, she can tear paper, Happy when her needs are met, she is lively and very easy to get along with.
So, our call ended. I was in shock and over the moon with happiness. My next post, I will go into what happened on June 26, stay tuned.
We received a call from C.C.A.I at 1:00pm to tell us that we have "a daughter", our representative from the Fl. office spoke to me and asked me if my husband was home so we can listen to the call together. I told her that my husband was at work and that I would fill him with the details. She told me if I had access to a computer, that she would email me the picture of our daughter. My hands were shaking and my heart was beating fast. I quickly logged into my email and opened it up and this is the face I saw.
Once I was able to get over the picture, I still had our Fl. representative on the other line, to which I heard her say, "Mrs. Bosch, do you have a pen and paper available so I can give you all her information?" and I immediately began to jot down all the info that she had readily available for me.
"Your daughter's name is: Lin Yong Mei (Lin) is the last name and it is given to every child in the orphanage based on the province they are from. (Yong) means a form of expression or Narrate in Poetic Form. (Mei) means Pleasing, Charming. Her D.O.B is April 19, 2011. She is from the Guangxi Province, and the name of the Orphanage she is from is Yulin City Yuzhou District Social Welfare Center but is currently in Foster Care throught the G&H program and has been in foster care since Aug 26, 2011 (so basically she was in the orphanage for only 3 mths before she was placed in foster care. They went on to discuss all the medical background and our daughter is perfectly healthy.
Our daughter was found abandoned on May 19, 2011 (I am assuming she was about 4 weeks old at the time of abandonment), she was left at the side door of a public market. The name of the market was called "Huaniao" and the road the market is on is called "Renminvhong". Hubbie and I plan to visit this market place after we get to China to take pictures.
Also, our Fl. representative informed us that the orphanage stated that at the time of referral she was 14mths old, and she could do the following things: Rollover, sit, grab small things, makes sounds at people and things, she gets excited when she see's a milk bottle, she can tear paper, Happy when her needs are met, she is lively and very easy to get along with.
So, our call ended. I was in shock and over the moon with happiness. My next post, I will go into what happened on June 26, stay tuned.
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Bringing it up to speed
June 22, 2012 - So after waiting almost 6 years for this moment in time, I was driving our little guy Seth to VBS when my cell phone rings and its CCAI calling to inform me that they received a package from China and our match was in the envelope. Because my husband & I had decided to put our adoption file on hold a few months prior, due to the wait of not knowing when the referral was going to happen, they were calling to talk about the match and to see if we still wanted the details of what could be our daughter. Well "Duh" like I was going to say "No, we're not interested". Anyways, I immediately said, "Yes, I would like to know the details", to which the nice lady responded "Well, right now I can't give you any information because everything is written in Chinese, so we are going to translate all the information into English and we will be calling you back on Monday". Needless to say, it was a long emotional weekend for all of us.
So, immediately after I hung up with the agency, I began to pray to all mighty God. My hands were sweating, my heart was beating very fast, I could not think straight. I began to talk to my best friend, Jesus, and I poured out my heart. I told the Lord that although so much time had passed, I wasn't the least ready for this call, on the contrary we only had X amount of money in the bank and we were in the process of trying to buy a house, not adopt a child. However, if these plans were ordained and blessed by HIM than I would be more than happy to re-route our plans and do his will whatever it may be. I felt a sense of peace come over me, and I knew right away that this call and this moment was coming from God himself. I began to cry my heart out and I immediately called my husband. I informed him of the call that I received from our adopting agency and I told him everything they told me. His response was "Why would they be calling you, if we informed them that we were putting our file on hold?" Well as GOD would have it, the file was not going to be put on hold, obviously our plans of buying a house was going to be put on hold and are hearts were now about to be transformed into a place of love for a little orphaned baby girl named "Lin Yong Mei".
After my husband got home that evening, we sat and talked about what we were going to do. My husband's heart was totally in another place, but my heart was standing in awe of God's presence and how HE was revealing himself to me. I immediately asked my prayer warriors to pray for discernment, provision, guidance, clarity and for us to see GOD's will, especially for my husband. It was an evening of lots of prayers. That night when my husband went to bed, I felt a strong urge to lay hands over him and pray for GOD to reveal truth and clarity about this whole adoption thing. So, that's exactly what I did. I layed hands over my husband while he slept and prayed for God's truth and clarity to permeate his heart.
The next morning was Saturday. I woke up bright and early, made some coffee while the rest of the gang slept in, and dug deep into God's word for a long time. I continued to pray for God's guidance and for HIS will to be done. At 11am, my husband woke up and came out of the bedroom and said to me "Good morning honey, I am not sure what happened from yesterday til this morning but I woke up very focused and with much clarity in my head. We are placing the house hunt on the back burner and we are moving forward with this adoption. I feel that this is where GOD is leading us". WOW, talk about an answer to prayer. This brought a big sigh of relief in my heart, and now I was really excited for Monday's call from CCAI.
So, immediately after I hung up with the agency, I began to pray to all mighty God. My hands were sweating, my heart was beating very fast, I could not think straight. I began to talk to my best friend, Jesus, and I poured out my heart. I told the Lord that although so much time had passed, I wasn't the least ready for this call, on the contrary we only had X amount of money in the bank and we were in the process of trying to buy a house, not adopt a child. However, if these plans were ordained and blessed by HIM than I would be more than happy to re-route our plans and do his will whatever it may be. I felt a sense of peace come over me, and I knew right away that this call and this moment was coming from God himself. I began to cry my heart out and I immediately called my husband. I informed him of the call that I received from our adopting agency and I told him everything they told me. His response was "Why would they be calling you, if we informed them that we were putting our file on hold?" Well as GOD would have it, the file was not going to be put on hold, obviously our plans of buying a house was going to be put on hold and are hearts were now about to be transformed into a place of love for a little orphaned baby girl named "Lin Yong Mei".
After my husband got home that evening, we sat and talked about what we were going to do. My husband's heart was totally in another place, but my heart was standing in awe of God's presence and how HE was revealing himself to me. I immediately asked my prayer warriors to pray for discernment, provision, guidance, clarity and for us to see GOD's will, especially for my husband. It was an evening of lots of prayers. That night when my husband went to bed, I felt a strong urge to lay hands over him and pray for GOD to reveal truth and clarity about this whole adoption thing. So, that's exactly what I did. I layed hands over my husband while he slept and prayed for God's truth and clarity to permeate his heart.
The next morning was Saturday. I woke up bright and early, made some coffee while the rest of the gang slept in, and dug deep into God's word for a long time. I continued to pray for God's guidance and for HIS will to be done. At 11am, my husband woke up and came out of the bedroom and said to me "Good morning honey, I am not sure what happened from yesterday til this morning but I woke up very focused and with much clarity in my head. We are placing the house hunt on the back burner and we are moving forward with this adoption. I feel that this is where GOD is leading us". WOW, talk about an answer to prayer. This brought a big sigh of relief in my heart, and now I was really excited for Monday's call from CCAI.
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