Our Journey to
Clara
We
are blessed to be adding another daughter from China to our family. It is
a joy for us to share our adoption story of Clara Li Juan with our friends
and family. Please follow our journey in China starting November 17, 2005!
Blessings,
Ben,
Lisa, Emma and Lilla
The One who makes the children
Is watching from above
He placed you in a family
So that you could know His love
A mother and a father
To hold you here on earth
But He was with you long before
The moment of your birth.
*excerpt from More Than I Can Say - by Twila Paris
Adoption
Timeline
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Application sent to Holt - August 14, 2004
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Homestudy
done - December 30, 2004
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I171H
received - February 8, 2005 (Chinese New Year's Eve - Happy Year of the
Rooster)
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Dossier sent to China - February 18, 2005
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Log in Date at the CCAA - March 7, 2005
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We
ask Holt to tell us the name of waiting child G05_59 (Li Juan!) - June
28, 2005
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We
receive Li Juan's packet of information from Holt - July 19, 2005
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We
send our completed Waiting Child forms to Holt - July 26, 2005
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Li
Juan's 2nd birthday party at our house in Marina, CA - August 17, 2005
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Holt
Committee Meeting and Referral Day - We were chosen to be Li Juan's
Forever Family - September 1, 2005
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Letter
of Intent sent to China - September 16, 2005
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Travel
Approval - October 27, 2005
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Travel
to Beijing - November 16/17, 2005
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Travel
to Changchun, Jilin and GOTCHA DAY!!! - November 22, 2005
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Travel to Guangzhou - November 28, 2005
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Consulate
Appointment - November 30, 2005
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Travel
home with our daughter, Clara Li Juan - December 2, 2005
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There Is Only
One
There is only one person like you in all of this great big
world
And you are just who
God made you to
be
Whether a boy or a girl
Whether you are black or white or some beautiful
color in-between
No matter your shape or size - you're as perfect as anything
I've ever seen
Your Mom and your Dad
they are so glad you
are part of their family
There is only
one
who loves you more
He is your Father in heaven - He is the Lord
-Twila
Paris
~
Psalm
139:13-18
You
made all the delicate,
inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother's womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous-
and how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every
moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God!
They are innumerable!
I
can't even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up in the morning, you are still with me!
~
Chinese Proverb
An invisible red
thread
connects those who
are destined to meet.
The thread may
stretch or tangle, but it will never break.
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