Do you know why I blog? So that my adoptive children will have a journal of how they came to join our family. If I didn't publicly commit to this, it'd never happen. So thanks for helping me :-)
May 2005 A local chinese friend checked our agency's translation of Dang Xiyuan's Social & Development papers. The name Dang Ting was written as the person Xiyuan is closest to. Our current agency had "failed" to translate this info. We decided to find out if DT's file is at CCAA and if we can adopt both girls at same time.
June 2005 Talked with Amy at our agency, LV. She sounded as if they were not interested to help. With all of the other issues we were suffering thru by using them, we concluded to not talk about this again with them.
Decided to post request for info to all listed China agencies.
July 2005 Received reply from three agencies. Two had DT's file in past without placement. One, ****, did not have her file but offered to inquire of CCAA in Beijing. Also said they could tell us how to bring a child to US for medical fostering. Began the process of learning what to do. Meanwhile **** agency contacted her orphanage and the director agreed to allow her to come to US for med treatment!
August 2005 Prepared Letter of Request to CCAA to adopt both girls at same time. Never heard a response, so began considering med fostering.
Began contacting local opthalmologists to find fee-waived help for an international orphan. Made "good" contact at Dean McGee Eye Institute of OKC.
August 2005-March 2006 This is where things were very weird although I didn't find out until much later. Two different dmei employees, one after the other on our timeline, said they were working on getting assistance of a DMEI physician. When a third dmei replacement took over, we found out that the other two women had talked with no one! Weird; they'd take my calls, ask for info and docs, tell me things were "coming together" yet had never never talked with a doctor or the clinic...
March 30, 2006 Dr. H called me on our cell-He has reviewed video and pics of DT and feels certain what must be done for her. He wants to help her and has done this for Russian orphans in the past. He'll arrange everything at DMEI clinic so there will be no fees to China or US. It will happen!!
March 31, 2006 We and DMEI wrote to US Embassy Beijing on behalf of DT, asking for B1/B2 Visa.
June-July 2006 Visa denied twice; we requested specific issues to address
August 15, 2006 Rec'd reply from US Embassy Beijing explaining orphanage dir could reapply for visa interview. Also gave 6 points which need further information and documentation. All are doable and someone will coach director for interview. Now if the swi director will agree to return for another visa appointment...
Feb 2007 Mr. R. M of visa division of US Embassy Beijing called our home to talk with me. Questions were all covered in letters and documentation that we had provided to them, so easy to answer. Guess he just wanted to hear my voice :-)
Feb 2007 Rec'd word from Mr. R.M of bjs embassy that he will issue her visa and we can travel within a month.
God's timing is curious. My surgery (breast cancer) is scheduled in early March. We delay my travel to pick up DT until late April, giving me time to recover.
April 20, 2007 Janise and I travel to Beijing. Yang Quan staff bring DT to our hotel on the 22nd. We fly home on the 23rd.
It finally happened and took only two years. But God had a plan and worked it all out.
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