LID!

I have not posted an in depth update on where we are in our process to bring Rori home in quite a while. (never on our blog actually) So here it is! We are LID!

This stands for Logged In Dossier. At this point our Dossier has been translated to Vietnamese and has reached the Vietnam Department of Adoptions. It was officially logged in on June 21st. 

Now we enter possibly the longest period of waiting we have experienced so far. The next step is for the Vietnam Department of adoptions to review our Dossier and officially approve our match. This can take anywhere from 3-12 months. This is where we need all our prayer warriors to jump on board! We are still praying hard that we will travel to bring Rori home before Christmas! That is just 6 months from our LID date! In order for this to happen we need to get our official match letter in just 2-3 months from our LID date!

Here is a breakdown of our next steps:

Official Match Letter 3-12 months

I-800 (Visa application for Rori) 2-3 weeks

Article 5 2-4 weeks

Travel Approval 2-4 weeks

Travel approval to travel 2-3 weeks

As you can see, each of the steps following our match letter can take nearly a month to complete! With only 6 months from our LID date till Christmas we will need to receive our match letter in just 2-3 months so that there will be enough time for all our other steps to be completed!

Please pray friends! We want so badly to hold our little girl and don't want her to spend another Christmas alone!