8357 Miles and Back: Getting the Referral...

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Getting the Referral...

Finally, after four years of waiting, we got the referral (notice that we have been matched with a child in China and that we will travel in about 6 or so weeks) on June 23. It was so hard to believe that it was finally here after so long.

The moment we got it in the mail, we all loaded up in the car to go meet Jay at LSU to open the package. We got to his office at LSU, all filed in, closed the door and, finally, the moment we had all been waiting for...getting to see that little face on the cover of the referral packet. We had been matched with little Cao Tian Qin in Guiyang in Guizhou Province in China. We would be going to get Anna in a little less than two months.

Here are the pictures we saw in the referral packet:

Opening picture on the referral package...

The package coming in the mail...

Guess who it was for? :)

Being crazy on the way to LSU...

After a long, long wait, we were finally going to China :).

2 comments:

MickAugust 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Hey Landon, Micah and family, this is a fantastic blog! Great job! Your song choice is perfect and of course, the story of your journey to complete your family with Anna is very, very moving. God is sooooo good! Lauren and I feel so blessed to have y'all in our lives! We love y'all dearly and will continue to pray for a safe journey to China and home. Love ya, Miss Mick xoxo
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LydiaAugust 15, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Hello! This is Mrs. Lydia from Speech and Debate!! We're so excited for you that you'll finally get to meet your new daughter and sister. Our prayers go with you.

Charles, Lydia, Connor, Cole and Anna Claire Nilan Headrick
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Across the World in 23 Days...Again!

It all started a little over six years ago, when everything finally came together and Jay and Angelle decided to adopt a child...on the other side of the world. In January of 2005, they traveled (alone; that part is important) to the city of Changsha in China's Hunan Province to bring little Yuan Si Yu ('Thinking Feather') all the way back into our lives here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Nothing has been the same. Ever since that time, Rebekah Marie has plunged head first into life in general, and it is hard to imagine there ever having been a time when she wasn't here rearranging the living room, emptying cabinets, carrying around 6 different purses, and screaming at the top of her lungs...just because she can.

After Rebekah settled in...and the dust had cleared, the possibility that we might try to travel to China again to adopt a second time became a simple inevitability. And, when the earliest possible date to make the petition to adopt came, we signed up. Four years later, we are following through on that promise.

Starting August 18th, ALL five of us (Jay, Angelle, Landon, Micah and Rebekah) will travel the roughly 8357.2 miles to Guizhou Province's capital city, Guiyang, to adopt the little sister (our 'meimei') who we've been waiting to meet for such a long time. Follow us as we journey across the world in 23 days to meet little Cao Tian Qin, soon to be Anna Noel Tian High whom God has blessed us with...and see a few sights along the way! Until then, Zaijian!