A big one: the LOA

LOA is the letter of assignment from China, stating that China has assigned Hai Xing to us.   This is the most unpredictable wait time of any of them.  A few very lucky people receive their LOA in a month or less.  Some very unluckly people wait up to 4 months!  I was very afraid of being unlucky here!  We received our LOA 5/6, which was 49 days since our LID.  This is the current average wait time, but still seemed very long to us!  What a celebration the night we got the call that it was coming!!!!