News From Our Agency

On 6/26/06 Children's Hope International received China referrals fromthe CCAA for June 16 through June 28 log in dates. CHI received 19 referrals for our June 20 and June 22 log in date families. The referrals, all girls, range in age from 7 months to 17 months. The girls are from the Guangxi and Hunan provinces. We expect these families to travel to China in 6 to 8 weeks. Congratulations to these families!

The current wait from log in date to referral is 12 months.

Ann TollefsonChina Program Director 314-812-1722 (office) 636-928-2970 (home)

Dossiers On The Move!

News from China: A new set of storks have taken flight. Those with Dossiers up to June 28th will be receiving their long awaited referral pictures! This means the wait average remains at 12 months. The dossiers of October 31, 2005 have now passed review and are moving to the matching room. Even though there are still many ahead of them, the next stage for these parents is to be matched with their babies! What this means for our dossier is that we are getting closer to entering the review room and may even be entering the review room. This review room is where they look over our dossier...again... and make sure they do not disapprove of anything. Then we will be moved to the matching room. Lauren's picture will then come via the infamous UPS stork :) If the wait continues as it has been, we should be getting Lauren's picture March '07. Of course, this wait time can change anytime. Congratulations to all of you with referrals on the way!! You will be in China before you know it!! :)

Celebrating Our 7th Anniversary

June 12th--Dan and I celebrated our 7th Anniversary at The Boulder's Resort in Carefree, AZ. Only minutes from home, but we felt miles away. Our favorite amenity was the famous Golden Door Spa. Upon entering the spa we were welcomed with robes and slippers. We enjoyed waterfall-like showers, eucalyptus steam baths, japanese baths, and an array of fresh vegetables and fruit laid out in various places. Drinks and lunch were brought to us while lounging by the pool. I enjoyed a 50 min. massage while Dan checked out the workout facilities. We took walks and saw bunnies and quail everywhere. The golf course was beautiful to walk along. We spent our time relaxing and reminiscing. It is so amazing to be married to my best friend. Our marriage is the best gift I have ever been given. We laugh together and love together. When I prayed for a husband, I had never dreamt there was a man like Danny to share my life with.

Arizona Adoption Mama's

I met two awesome friends from the CHI chat group who live here in the Phoenix area. We got together for pedicures yesterday. It's Mary on the left, Terri in the middle, and me on the right. It was good to talk with others who are going through the process of adopting from China too! We shared excitement as well as frustrations we have had over the the past year with paperwork, adoption rumors, etc. I can just imagine the day we get together for pedicures- with our daughters! How fun will that be! I wish all you who we have gotten to know through CHI could have shared in the fun. Maybe someday!