FINALLY!

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The day that we've been working on for the last 7 months has finally come!

Today 

we

are

That is correct!  Our Dossier is NOW on its way to China!

Praise the Lord!

Be Still My Heart.....

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This morning we woke up and found the most precious gift.  One that we have been anxiously waiting for.

We got our update on our beautiful, precious daughter, Meiya Lin.

She weighs 21 pounds and she is 31 inches tall.  She is still considered on the small side even for Ch*na's standards.  She now has 12 teeth!  Our baby girl is growing up quickly!

She is too cute!  Check her out dancing and that gorgeous smile! (heart melting here)

And her sense of humor!  RAA! 

She can stand with some help! 

We are overjoyed with this update!  She is absolutely gorgeous. She takes our breath away!  I mean look at her!  Don't you just want to pick her up and hug her? 

Her Jie Jei's Hannah and Hailee keep kissing her pictures and asking us when can we go to China and bring her home.  In God's timing we keep telling them!  It is HARD to wait but we know who is in control of all of this.  We pray that God is preparing her heart for us.  Whispering in her ear about us.  Telling her she has a mama, a baba and two jie jie's who love her and are coming for her soon.

It has been an emotional day for us.  We know our dossier will go to China on Friday and we got our update today!  Praise Him for all His blessings He has given us this week and throughout this adoption.  Please pray for Meiya that she remains healthy and safe and for our adoption. Pray that God protects all of us and our adoption. We appreciate your prayers!

Hallelujah Dossier is on it's way!

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Today was the day we've been waiting for for 7 months now.

7 LONG months of paperwork, waiting, fingerprints, more paperwork and more waiting...

to compile the much anticipated DOSSIER!

THIS is what the Complete Dossier Looks like...

It is made up of 14 documents that have each been Notarized, Sealed by the Secretary of State (in 3 states), Sealed by the Department of State in Washington DC (Hillary Clinton)

 and finally authenticated by the Embassy of China in Washington DC. 

  It is also made up of 3 notarized reference letters (written to CCCWA in Ch*na)by 3 wonderful friends that honored us by writing such beautiful references.  We thank all 3 of you for writing these!  Also included in the final dossier is 6 family pictures, 2 passport photo's each of me and Jeff and a copy of the first page of our passports.  We also had to make and send  a copy of the entire dossier!  After everything was finally put into the Fed Ex box it weighed a whopping....

2.30 Pounds!  That is what 7 months worth of  Adoption paperwork weighs.

Tomorrow morning it will arrive at our agency in California then they will check it over again and then send it to Ch*na!  This is a GIANT step forward in our adoption!  

Now we can sit back and WAIT!  I feel like we've finally hurdled ourselves over that HUGE fence that we've been trying and trying to get over for the last 7 months.  It almost feels like a dream to us.  We can relax a little bit now and keep ourselves busy while we wait this time.  Our stuff is done for now on our side.  Now we wait for a Logged In Date(LID) from the CCCWA. That normally takes anywhere from a week to several weeks. We pray that we get it pretty quick!

After we get our LID we will wait for our Letter of Acceptance (LOA).  The LOA can take anywhere from 1 month to 5 months.   We are praying for and believing in a short LOA wait!

One Step Closer.

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Friday was an exciting day for us because ALL of our documents finally came in from the Secretary of State signed and sealed!  All together we have 14 documents.  Eleven were sealed by West Virginia's Secretary of State, one by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and two by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Now they are READY to send to Hilary Clinton, for her seal and to The Embassy of Ch*na for Authentication. 

 This is 6 months of HARD work, a lot of waiting and God moving mountains to get us these forms!  We've hit many roadblocks, had many wrenches thrown in, but God has been there EVERY step of the way moving those mountains and throwing those wrenches out!  He has not let anything stand in our way of bringing our daughter home!  We give all the glory and praise to Him for everything that has been done to get us to this point in our adoption.

Today we overnighted these documents to our courier in DC.  We found out that 5 of them are on the verge of expiring soon.  We have no choice but to expedite them! But that is okay we will do whatever we must to get Meiya home! Nothing will stand in our way!

While we were standing at the counter in the post office today handing those precious documents over to the postal worker I heard a song playing in the background.  This song brought tears to my eyes and it took everything in me to keep myself from bawling like a baby.  The song is "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri.  If you've never heard this song please click the play button below and listen to the words or read along.  

The lyrics are hauntingly beautiful!

According to our courier we should have all 14 of our documents back to us in less than 2 weeks.  After we get them back we will send them to our agency and they will send them to Ch*na!  

PUZZLE FUNDRAISER!

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We are doing a PUZZLE FUNDRAISER to help cover the funds we need for the next phase of our adoption.  
This is the PUZZLE that we are using.  We love it because of the beautiful Pagoda Garden and the Cherry Blossoms. Our daughters picked it out and they are super excited about this fundraiser and putting this beautiful puzzle together!

HOW IT WORKS!

Our puzzle has 750 pieces. In order for it to be assembled we need people to sponsor the pieces.  We are asking for a $5 donation to sponsor a piece of the puzzle. As the pieces are sponsored, not only will we begin to assemble the puzzle but the sponsors name will be written on the back so we will always remember you when we look at the completed puzzle.  

It will be framed in a double glass frame so that each side is visible. Meiya will also see the completed puzzle with all of the sponsors names on the back of it and see how many people came together to help us bring her home.  She will see how much she is loved and cared for by each sponsor! Every donation will go towards our adoption fund!  

To make a donation and sponsor a puzzle piece:

1. Click on our Chip-In button below OR

2. Send your donation directly via Paypal to mamaphlls@yahoo.com OR

3. You may send us a check to Jeff and Amy Phillis 83 Knoll Drive Martinsburg, WV 25405

We really appreciate your support and prayers on our behalf!