Over the Moon to Home: Consulate Appointment

Friday, December 18, 2009

Consulate Appointment

Our appointment with the US Consulate in Guangzhou China is confirmed for January 12, 2010!

We will be making our travel arrangements later today and getting our itenerary.

I pirated this Santa picture of Josie and her friends and the mom's from Michelle's blog.

2 comments:

Rachel said...: Yeah! Congratulations again! I am so thrilled for you guys and can't wait to follow your journey!; December 18, 2009 at 3:04 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah! Congratulations!!! This is so exciting! Grace can't wait to meet her new playmate!

Michelle; December 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM

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All Girls Allowed

This non-profit is brand spanking new-- so no background on how money is spent. I do think that the Jenzabar Foundation is a solid organization. If anyone has heard differently or has any info--please post or email me.

A new non-profit group is fighting against "gendercide," forced abortions and sterilizations in China.

All Girls Allowed was founded by Chai Ling, two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former chief student leader in the 1989 Tiananmen Square Movement.

The mission of All Girls Allowed is to restore life, value, and dignity to girls and mothers, and to reveal the injustice of China's One-Child Policy.

Since 1980, the implementation of China’s One-Child Policy has led to female gendercide, abandonment of daughters, human trafficking and violations of women’s reproductive rights. Through education, advocacy, strategic partnerships, and legal defense, All Girls Allowed strives to:

Mobilize the global community to advocate against the cruel methods used to enforce the One-Child Policy;

Educate families against gender-based pregnancy termination by easing the burden of having a baby girl with monthly stipends and a baby shower gift of clothes and food;

Provide legal defense and asylum counseling to mothers who are in danger of forced pregnancy termination or involuntary sterilization;

Support abandoned children, the vast majority of whom are girls, by raising funds for orphanages; and

Reunite trafficked women and children with their families.

All Girls Allowed is an initiative of the Jenzabar Foundation, Inc.Read more: http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/about/our-mission#ixzz14tQTgEir

http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/

China Travel Itinerary for Clara Rose

Jan 01: FRIDAY
Fly out of Providence Airport at 6:27 AM
Fly out of Chicago O"hare at 12:43 PM

Jan 02: SATURDAY
Arrive Beijing at 4:25pm. Will be met by local guide and car ride to Tianjin.
Check in at the Golden Crown Hotel, Tianjin China

Jan 03: SUNDAY
Tianjin – Rest and adjustment. We plan to explore Ancient Culture Street this day.

Jan 04: MONDAY Meet Clara Rose (assume custody of her)

Jan 05: TUESDAY
Tianjin – Interview with CAB have adoption registration done.
China portion of adoption is complete!
Interview with Justice Dept. Apply for child’s passport.

Jan 06: WED
Tianjin – City tour.

Jan 07: THURSDAY
Tianjin – City tour and pick up the Notary documents.

Jan 08: FRIDAY
Tianjin – Pick up Clara Rose’s Passport
Fly to Guangzhou
Check-in at the White Swan Hotel.

Jan 09: SATURDAY
Guangzhou –Medical check up and fill out forms.

Jan 10: SUNDAY
Guangzhou – City tour.

Jan 11: MONDAY
Guangzhou – Pick up the TB test.

Jan 12: TUESDAY
Guangzhou - Interview with U. S. Consulate at 9:00am.

Jan 13: WEDNESDAY
Guangzhou – Take the oath.
US Portion of the Adoption is Complete!
The adoption is complete.
Clara Rose becomes a US citizen at our first point of entry into the USA, when they stamp her Visa!

Jan 14: THURSDAY
Guangzhou – Pick up your daughter’s visa.
Fly to Beijing arriving at 9:15 PM (let the travel home horror games begin!)
Check in at the Sino Swiss Hotel.

Jan 15: Friday

Fly out of Beijing at 11:15 am arrive in Providence RI LATE Friday evening—remember, we are flying back in time so to speak. China is 13 hours ahead of us.

The Bookworm List

Are Those Kids Yours?: American Families With Children Adopted From Other Countries By: Cheri Register
Bound Feet & Western Dress: A Memoir By: Pang-Mei Chang.
China Ghosts: My Daughter's Journey to America, My Passage to Fatherhood By: Jeff Gammage
Love in the Driest Season By: Neely Tucker
On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family By: Lisa See
Outsiders Within: Writing on Transracial Adoption
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze By: Peter Hessler
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan By: Lisa See
The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the decades before Roe v. Wade By: Ann Fessler
The Lost Daughters of China By: Karin Evans
There is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children By: Melissa Fay Greene
Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son By: Kay Ann Johnson & Amy Klatzkin
Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China By Jung Chang