The Slow Line?

There is another family with our agency who are reusing their dossier. Unfortunately for reasons partially unknown their LOA seems to be taking longer than those not reusing their dossier. Of course one of the "selling" points of the new process was not only would it be quicker for the waiting families, but the children would be home with their families sooner. The only children you are allowed to reuse a dossier for are the harder to place children which includes for the most part those who have waited a while for a family and the children with more serious health conditions who would definitely benefit from coming home sooner. I am very frustrated for this family and hope that things improve very quickly!

One thing that will be interesting regardless of whether or not we travel in September or October or November is that The White Swan is actually closing for a year starting in August for major renovations. This has been rumored many times over the years but is now to be believed since our very conservative agency has reported it as fact. We are really looking forward to finding out what hotel our agency will choose as their temporary Guangzhou headquarters. We have really enjoyed staying at The White Swan on our other two trips, but were planning on staying elsewhere this time. Now we won't have any hassle about it!