We got our NVC letter first thing this morning. We are now waiting for our Article 5. I spent the morning filling out our DS-260 application online for Yangkang's visa. Our agency gave us a detailed outline of how to fill it out. They sent me the orphanage and province name to enter, something seemed different, though I didn't give it too much thought.
Later, I asked Julie at our agency when she thought we would be traveling, and she said 4-6 weeks! I also asked what hotel they typically book in Hefei, which is the capital of Anhui province. She responded with something like his province is Jiangsu, so you will be in Nanjing. This information wasn't registering with me, as I was trying to wrap my head around the 4-6 weeks timeline, but my husband was like "that's not his province."
Long story short, his city's name was misspelled in the English documents that came with his referral. They are what we have been going by all this time. The misspelling is an actual city in Anhui province, and there is an orphanage there, which Love Without Boundaries works with. Everything we thought we knew about his orphanage was wrong. I am finding very little information on the orphanage that he is at in Huai'an in the Jiangsu province.
Our paperwork is still on track. I did enter the correct province on the application, so now we are back to focusing on the 4-6 weeks. We are freaking out right now. We got Yangkang a booster car seat and clothes this week, but his bedroom is not finished. We still need to order his bed and mattress and ceiling fan (the white chandelier won't work for a little boy's room). We still need around $16,000 to complete the adoption. Most of that is for travel and the orphanage donation.
Please be praying for God's provision and our peace. And please pray against any evil that would try to come against us.
LORI
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