Travel Approval (TA)

Kalyn here we come!

Our Travel Approval was issued by China on Christmas Eve - unbeknownst to us - and arrived at our agency on Monday Dec 29. Wow! Wow!

Prayers answered.  AGAIN!

God is in control. He has shown his mighty power many times over the past 13 months.   We took a leap of faith in November 2013, strapped ourselves in for a ride, and prayed for God to take control.  He has lead us, called us, and we have prayerfully and faithfully answered the call. Praising HIM!

Psalm 31:14 - "But I trust in you, O LORD; I say, 'You are my God.'"

The journey to Kalyn's beautiful birthplace of China will begin in just 29 days! January 29th we fly high!!!!

Kalyn - your daddy, mommy, and big brother Jeremiah will wrap our arms around you on February 2nd to love you forever and ever!  Be ready because February 12th when we arrive back home your big sisters will be more than ready to love you too (with a few hundred hugs and kisses)!

More updates to come as we pack our bags for the MISSION TRIP OF A LIFETIME.

If you feel called to help BRING KALYN HOME our families Pure Charity fundraiser ends January 1, 2015 and will help us with final expenses that are due now. Donations are tax deductible and can be given until midnight on January 1st.

https://www.purecharity.com/hahn-family-adoption

Thank you for your prayers and please continue to Pray.  May God's Peace Be With You well into the new year! Sending love from our family to yours. Happy New Year! 

Happy Dance!

WE ARE SO CLOSE!  We got the most amazing email at 2:30 am Thursday morning--it was a beautiful site! An email from the US Consulate in China. They have issued Kalyn's Article 5 immigration paperwork with no delays!!! Next, our agency will deliver the Article 5 and Letter of Seeking Confirmation to the China Center for Children's Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA), which will issue our Travel Approval (TA). **When we receive Travel Approval we will officially book our flight tickets and KNOW our GO TIME!**
 



HAPPY DANCE!!!

 

Thanks for continuing to pray for our adoption. Most importantly over the next few weeks please pray for our family, especially Kalyn, as God prepares our hearts to become a family of six.

 

 

Check out this video of Chongqing City where we will be traveling to pick up Kalyn. It's a HUGE municipality and that is an understatement.

There is a lot of people, a lot of commerce, and a lot of TRAFFIC! 

 

鸟瞰新重庆（2012版）(A Bird's Eye View of Chongqing, China: http://youtu.be/Q5OXcsHydPY

Kalyn, we will see your handsome smile in person very soon!

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For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." - John 6:33

*    Merry Christmas!    *    Jesus is BORN!   * 

Source:

theiowarepublican.com

 

 

It's Getting REAL!

It’s getting REAL! We received some last few pictures Friday. This will be our final set of pictures before we hold Kalyn in our arms. The LAST UPDATE means your close to travel. EEEK!

 

This week has been amazing!

 

We heard that we received another adoption grant, had Article 5 drop Thursday Dec 4, final update Friday Dec 5, and scheduled a travel phone call for Dec 11. WOW!  Article 5 - is one of the last steps in our adoption process before travel. Our documents have now been delivered to the U.S. Consulate in China to be reviewed. What is an Article 5?

• The Article 5 establishes the U.S. obligation for the adoption--Consulate Representatives verify our information as prospective adoptive parents to ensure that we are both eligible and suitable to adopt, and that we have been counseled as necessary regarding our adoption, and that Kalyn will be authorized to enter and reside permanently in the U.S.

No travel dates have been set or confirmed as of now. We are now waiting on Travel Approval which can take quite a few weeks. Loose ends are being tied up in China. We've have to wait for the intricate weaving of paperwork to be complete.

 

We received a letter in the mail Friday from the Topeka Community Foundation... "Congratulations! Your application has been selected receive a grant award from the Building Families Fund to assist with the expenses of adopting your child." WOW! We are truly blessed to have such generous donors to the Building Families Fund and blessed that our family was chosen for a $4,000 grant. THANK YOU SO MUCH! WOW!

 

 When we started this journey to Kalyn, funding his adoption was not on the top of our priority. For many reasons we felt that God would always provide. HE has provided for our family from day one and we are confident that he has been present in our adoption journey as well. Through adoption grants from the Forever Families Foundation & Topeka Community Foundation, fundraising, ONE LESS t-shirt sales, working extra hours, saving like crazy we have been able to pay $26,000 of the $34,000 needed. Many people have given their prayers, time, and resources to help us on our journey and we THANK YOU SO MUCH! 

 

Keep the prayers coming, we have big events coming soon and will need a lot of prayers. We have no doubt that God has a plan for how the next few months will unfold. It is hard to put feelings it into words.

All we know is that JESUS' LOVE MOVES MOUNTAINS AND CROSSES OCEANS!

 

Kalyn we are on our way!