Dossier to China

What a fancy word "dossier!"  Sounds so sophisticated and fancy right out of a Fancy Nancy book.  What does it really mean?  Well, I had to look it up, too.  Here's what I found:

dos·si·er

  [dos-ee-ey, -ee-er, daw-see-ey, -see-er; French daw-syey]  Show IPA

noun, plural dos·si·ers  [dos-ee-eyz, -ee-erz, daw-see-eyz, -see-ers; French daw-syey]  Show IPA .

a collection or file of documents on the same subject, especially a complete file containing detailed information about a person or topic.

For us, the dossier is a collection of documents all about us:  Where we live, how we live, how many kids we have, are we convicts, do we have money to support another child, do we have jobs, do other people consider us fit to do this, etc.  

We are excited because in our email this morning is a message from FedEx:  

Our records indicate that the following shipment has been delivered:

Ship (P/U) date:	Mar 20, 2013
Delivery date:	Mar 25, 2013 12:00 PM
Sign for by:	W.ZHANG
Delivery location:	BEIJING,
Delivered to:	Receptionist/Front Desk
Service type:	FedEx International Priority
Packaging type:	FedEx Pak
Number of pieces:	1
Weight:	1.00 lb.
Special handling/Services:	Deliver Weekday

Tracking number:

799326111551

Yay!  Our dossier is officially in China and we now are waiting on LID which is short for Log In Date (step 7).  The LID is just an official notice that they have received the dossier.  Then, it takes usually 4-6 weeks for us to then receive LOA which is a Letter of Acceptance (step 8).  Recently, these have been going through quickly.  However, we know of some that have been waiting longer.  Who knows the rhyme or reason!  But here is another opportunity for prayer.  Pray that our LOA would come quickly and we would be on to step 9 which is sending a copy of our LOA to US immigration and an official form requesting that Jordy be allowed to come into the US as our child.

Last but no means least, here is the latest picture from our agency.  We received an update that includes his growth progress.  Huge bonus!  We can sort of estimate his size in clothing and shoes now.  And, look how well Jordy is standing on his good leg and how quickly he is growing from a baby into a little boy.