647 Dossiers Ahead of Us!

We received the June newsletter from CHI. For whatever reason, 42 families have dropped out of the wait. Several got referrals, of course, but not 42! There are now 647 dossiers ahead of us!

684 Dossiers Ahead of Us!

Childrens Hope received referrals today! Ages were 8 - 22 months. We've moved up in line...there are currently 684 dossiers ahead of us. Next LID up for referrals is February 9, 2006. Our LID is August 23, 2007.

Hope's Song - Melody Zhang's Blog

Click here to read the latest from Melody Zhang's blog. She is associate director of CHI and has been in China since right after the earthquake.

http://www.melodyzhangorphans.blogspot.com/

Current Wait Time

The current wait time, as of May 9, 2008, is 29 months from log in date to referral. As you all know, our LID is 8.23.07. As of the 23rd of this month we will have been logged in for 9 months. Sooooo....... that means if everything remains constant, which I don't expect it will, we should get a referral in January of 2010. We'll travel two months after that.... sigh. :)

When we started this process, I was 35 and Brent was 38. Couples under the age of 40 are eligible to adopt a child 6-18 months old. Couples over the age of 40 (not sure if this means one or both) are eligible to adopt a child who is 12-36 months old. I've often said that she would be "around 1" when we get her.... I think this is still true, although I can't be sure.

National Geographic

Very cool spread in National Geographic on China. Check it out.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/

689 Dossiers Ahead of Us!

There were no referrals this month for any CHI families, so the next LID that is up is still 1.13.06 -- but for whatever reason, 6 families dropped out. There are now 689 dossiers ahead of us.

695 Dossiers Ahead of Us!

With the most recent issue of the CHI China Program newsletter I learned that with families dropping out, waiting children adopted and Chinese expedited families traveling, there are now 695 families with dossiers ahead of us in line. We moved up 16 spots in a month.

Stories in the news about the wait

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_us/china_adoptions_long_wait_1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_us/china_adoptions_glance_1

Movin' on up...

CHI received 7 China referrals on 4.4.08. These referrals were for their 1/6/06 log in date families. This group of referrals included 7 girls from the Jiangxi province. Their ages were 7 to 9.5 months and one 3 ½ year old. The family that received the 3 ½ year old little girl requested a 0-18 months old girl but the referral fell within the CCAA age guidelines. These families waited 27 long months from log in date to referral and are expected to travel in about 8 weeks.

There are now 704 families ahead of us. :)

Recent info on China's One Child Policy

Here is a recent NYT article on China's one child policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/world/asia/11china.html?ref=world