711 Dossiers Ahead of Us!

I made a little spreadsheet based on information that is in the monthly China Program newsletters we receive. Every month there is a list of log in dates (LIDs) and I can see where we are in line.

After looking more closely, I can tell you some "fun" facts about our place in line.

1. There are 711 dossiers ahead of us. In other words, 711 families have LIDs that are before 8.23.07.
2. There are 417 dossiers with 2006 LIDs.
3. There are 299 dossiers with 2007 LIDs (including ours; there are 4 other families with the same LID).
4. The next LID that will get referrals is 1.6.06.

I think that if I keep track from now on when referrals come, I might someday be able to offer an educated guess about when we might get ours. I really have no idea if that will work, but it gives me something to play with.

Believe it or not, it could be worse. When we got our LID, there were actually 942 dossiers ahead of us. The growing wait time as well as a host of other issues has caused 231 families to drop out of the China Program.