"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break."
Chinese proverb
November 2004
• 11/02/2004 - Application sent to America World Adoption Association (AWAA)
• 11/08/2004 - Application accepted by AWAA
• 11/22/2004 - Called Angels Haven Outreach (AHO) for homestudy
• 11/23/2004 - Received Evan's birth certificate from NJ
• 11/24/2004 - Family coordinator assigned by AWAA
• 11/24/2004 - Picked-up vital documents from Ventura County Recorder
• 11/24/2004 - Livescan fingerprinting for Evan & Christy
• 11/24/2004 - I-600A sent to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS)
• 11/30/2004 - Received Christy's birth certificate from Sacramento
December 2004
• 12/02/2004 - Picked-up police reports at Ventura County Sheriffs Department
• 12/02/2004 - Applied for passports
• 12/09/2004 - Completed application letter for Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs
• 12/09/2004 - Completed financial statement
• 12/09/2004 - Completed employment & non-employment letters
• 12/09/2004 - Sent completed documents for state certification
• 12/13/2004 - First homestudy visit
• 12/14/2004 - Christy's homestudy interview
• 12/16/2004 - Evan's homestudy interview
• 12/17/2004 - Final homestudy visit
January 2005
• 01/11/2005 - Completed medical exam report for Christy (after much effort!)
• 01/12/2005 - Received homestudy and delivered to USCIS in Los Angeles
• 01/25/2005 - Completed medical exam report for Evan
• 01/27/2005 - Faith was born
• 01/29/2005 - Faith arrived at the Qianjiang Social Welfare Institute
February 2005
• 02/16/2005 - Received I-171H from USCIS (FINALLY!!)
• 02/16/2005 - Christy's parents drove Christy to Sacramento
• 02/17/2005 - Documents certified by Secretary of State in Sacramento
• 02/17/2005 - Christy flew documents from Sacramento to Burbank
• 02/17/2005 - Evan picked up Christy in Burbank & drove to Chinese Consulate in LA
• 02/17/2005 - Dropped-off documents for authentication at Chinese Consulate in LA
• 02/22/2005 - Picked-up authenticated documents from Chinese Consulate in LA
• 02/22/2005 - Completed dossier sent to AWAA via FedEx
• 02/25/2005 - Dossier sent to China (DTC)
March 2005
• 03/15/2005 - Official log-in date (LID)
October 2005
• 10/03/2005 - Received referral phone call about Faith (Qian Yan Ting)
Special thanks to Sharon (our favorite notary) for all of her time and patience!!