I thought I would explain what THE BOX is. We hold our breath anticipating what the next date will be in the box each month! Each month the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs; the government agency that handles the countries adoptions) matches waiting families with their children. This is called the referrals. That is what we are waiting patiently for. This process uses the log in date given to each family. Remember that the log in date is the date that China officially logs a family's paperwork file into their system. Our log in date (also called LID) is April 18, 2006. So, when CCAA matches families with children for referrals, they change the box date to reflect that. We used to be able to see the box on their website but for some reason, they now keep that secret. Many adoption families rely on Rumor Queen (you can find a link to her website on the left sidebar of this blog) to give us this information. Basically she filters all the rumors she gets and then only changes the box on her website when she is confident the information she has received is correct. When you go to her site, look for the box in the upper right hand side. Look for the date "placed through".
Well, the box has changed. It now reflects the date of March 28, 2006. That means we are almost at the end of March 2006. March has been a incredibly BIG month meaning lots of families had March as their LID. Next month should get us through the end of March and hopefully into April. We will be excited to see April 2006 in the box.
I feel like we are taking such baby steps but we are making progress. We will get there eventually. Thanks to all of you who have us in your prayers. We are thankful for that and for each and every one of you!
