We Are Excited To Introduce...

In God's Perfect Timing...

Our Daughter & Sister---

Alissa Quan Marie Kreider

DOB: 9-7-2005

Guangxi Province, China

"I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him." 1Samuel 1:27

"My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high." 1 Samuel 2:1

We are beyond excited! Words cannot express the excitement our family is feeling right now! We will post more info later on where she is from etc. We wanted to get her pictures posted for all of you that have been anxiously awaiting! We are rejoicing! God is good all the time. All the time, He is good!

The Kreiders,

Brent, Kristin, & Benjamin

for Alissa!

WE RECEIVED THE CALL!!!!

At 4:15 this afternoon we received the news of our daugther. The following is the only information that we have at this time:

Name: Zhu Zhen Quan

D.O.B.: 9-7-2005

Where She is From: Province- Guangxi, China

We are rejoicing at the news! Tommorrow at 10am we are going in to Bethany Christian Service's Lancaster office to meet "the truck". Our referral was overnighted from Grand Rapids and is expected to arrive at 10am. We'll meet with Jessica (our adoption caseworker) to go over everything. It will be about a 2 hour meeting. Once we figure out how to scan pics into our computer we'll post more info. Thanks to everyone for all your prayers, kinds words, and support during our wait!

Adoption Rumors...

So the rumors are flying! The rumors state that the cutoff date is January 25, 2006. Woohoo! Our LID is January 24, 2006. It's looking more and more like we've made it! There is no official word from our agency yet, but we are quite hopeful! Rumors you ask?--there is a rumor board on the Internet that has info on China's adoptions. I follow it a little to obsessively at times! Especially when the referrals are to come out. No, this does not mean that we have received our referral yet, but we are hopeful that they'll be sent out this week or next week. Can't wait to post again!