We've Been CABLED!

I'm so happy. I screamed with delight (and freaked my family out).  We received an email this afternoon from the National Visa Center stating that our applications have been forwarded to China.  This is GREAT news. And it happened fast.  We were put in their system Wed night.  And cabled Friday afternoon.

So we immediately called our agency and emailed the PDF's to them.  We just received an email from our agency saying the girls visa applications are now on their way to China. They should arrive on Monday and we're praying they are dropped off at the consulate on Tuesday.  If they are, then on Tuesday June 26th they should be ready to be picked up and then forwarded to Beijing where we will then wait for our TA.  We could receive our TA hopefully the first 2 weeks of July.  And then we get our CA (consulate appointment) fast so we could leave a week after TA (that is our hope).

So if everything goes how we want it, we could leave by July 26th.  The latest we think we could leave is August 9th.  If we leave August 9th, I will miss the kids first day of school.  :-(  So we're praying we can leave the end of July.

Thanks for praying with us.  We're getting close.