So many....

Tonight my heart is full of emotions...... because our adoption agency has two orphanages in Haiti, we have been well informed of the situation as it was unfolding. Both with the country of Haiti and with the process for the families who have been waiting month to adopt from Haiti. Tonight, as we learn the staggering number of children that will be left without families I just can hardly hold back the tears. I know God has called our family to bring Grace home from Ethiopia, there is not a doubt in my mind. So why do I feel my heart being called to bring another child home?

Our wait for Grace is looking like another year or more, these children need help now.... I just feel so overwhelmed.... so please as you think of us this week, please pray for clarity in our hearts.

Quick update on Grace... we are waiting for the Department of Homeland Security to approve our application still... seems like its taking forever!! But we did hear something that was exciting... friends of ours have family in Ethiopia near the orphanage where Grace will be from, and they are going and holding and loving on their friends babies while they are waiting to come to America... the thought that maybe someone we know and trust will be able to hold Grace and love on her brought mixed emotions from me... and I know when its time I will be grateful. At this moment though, I feel almost jealous of that time spent with my baby girl.... sounds weird I know, and I am praying for God to take away that feeling... thanks for praying my friends, its a process.

Paperwork, Paperwork and more Paperwork!!!

We got a call from our social worker yesterday, and our Homestudy is complete and has been singed off by the director of Bethany Christian Services. Which means.... that now it will be sent to Los Angeles to the Department of Homeland Security to hopefully meet up with our application to bring a non US citizen into the country. Once that is complete, and we receive yet another finger printing appointment (this will be 4 total) we will be well on our way to sending all our info to Ethiopia to be matched with our little girl!!! YA!!

I also wanted to answer a question that we have been getting a lot lately: Do we know who she is yet? And the answer to that is NO =( How it works is that once we have put a request in with the Ethiopian Government, we are then placed on a list. Once our name reaches somewhere close to the top of that list and we are matched with a little girl, then we will know as much as they know about her. Mind you, that could be very little. We will likely get a picture and some medical information but even that might not be accurate. So we are right now, just praying that no matter where she is, or rather WHO she is, that she is being protected by our loving Jesus.

Prayer Requests:

If you all could be praying that over the next two weeks, which will be a mad dash of paperwork, that is all goes smoothly? We have already been surprised by people's willingness to help once they learn that all of this jumping through hoops is to bring our baby girl to her forever family.

Ok so that's all for tonight!!

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