Another Obstacle Bites the Dust

We crossed another mountain...waiting for our I-800 Provisional Approval.  This is legal paperwork that the government requires in order for Ai Lan to be classified as an immediate relative of ours when we adopt her in China.  Now that this paperwork is in, I quickly sent a faxed copy off to Holt, who managed to get it into their 2 PM shipment to the Consulate in China.  I'm so grateful that we got it in when we did, or it would have been a whole week longer!  But this form is now on it's way to China and the next step is getting something called an Article 5, which says that the US Central Authority finds the adoption to be acceptable, and that Ai Lan is eligible for immigration into the US.  Pray that this paper trail continues to go smoothly!