It's the weekend in China

Well, the work week is over in China, and we have no new news on the transfer front. Did we expect to know anything? Not really, but we were hoping to be the exception, not the rule. The average time to complete a transfer is about 4 weeks, but in order to have an average some must take longer and some must be quicker, so I was hoping we were one of the quicker ones. I guess we still could be, so all hope is not lost.

Next Friday, 2/12, is the first day of the Chinese New Year holiday. I have learned that most government offices are closed 2/12-2/19. However, because of all the vacation days they have to come back to work on 2/20 and 2/21, Saturday and Sunday. I thought that was pretty interesting. All this to say, if our transfer is not complete by February 11 the next day it could happen is February 20. There is a chance that they may "clear their desks" before the holiday, so that gives us hope.

So, if you would like to pray for us, in addition to praying for Xander, pray that our transfer will be complete by February 11!

I realize this is boring, but this is what consumes our wait right now. Our file is in one pile, it needs a "stamp" to move on to the next pile. Once it is in that pile, it needs another "stamp"...you get the idea.

Next week we are going to send Xander a care package, I'll post all about it when it happens.