Jadon Timetable

It has been a whirlwind the past few days. We have completed all of the paperwork, pictures and payments necessary to get things off to China. Our EA (Electronic Acceptance) was sent yesterday (January 6).

The next steps are:
1. PA (Pre-approval) from the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs). This basically is an initial letter from China stating that we have been pre-approved to proceed with the adoption of Jadon. It is not an official approval since the full dossier has not been examined in conjunction with his file. We would expect this PA sometime in the next month.
2. RA (Referral Acceptance) from the CCAA. This is a confirmation that we have been approved to adopt Jadon. At this point we may post pictures of our guy and contact him with a care package and pictures. Getting the RA generally takes between one and six months. We should be on the short end of this timeframe since our dossier has already been reviewed and approved in the NSN (non special needs) area.
3. TA (Travel approval) from China. This takes 2-6 weeks after the RA is received. Once we have this we will make arrangements to go on a date that is doable with others from America World.
4. Off we go!!

Please pray for all of us as we go through these steps. We have been waiting for a long time, but now it becomes more difficult to wait since we have a name, a face, and a location. Pray that we would be wise in making appropriate preparations (much to do in the house and in preparing to have another person in the family--lots of reading to do). Pray for Jadon and God's preparation of him as well.