We did it!!

Today was a great day! We finally mailed in our dossier to our agency to send to Russia. We got our last piece of paperwork in yesterday and I of course already had everything else ready and waiting, so Daniel was able to get the packet in the mail today. It should get to Ohio (which is where our agency is) by tomorrow, and to Russia hopefully, next week. You would think by now I would have learned not to put any of this on a timeline. I've been saying for about 3 weeks that we were mailing our dossier in the next week. But, it IS officially sent. So now....we wait!

The next thing we will do in this adoption is see our baby boy. Soon, we will receive our referral. We will get a few pics, some medical info, and....well that's about it really. Just a few pics, his name, and a very brief medical history. Then...we travel to meet him. I am so excited. I can't wait to actually know his name and have a real little face to pray for. We have been praying for him for so long just as "our baby", "wherever he is", "whatever his is dealing with"...just general stuff, but soon we will have a face and a name and a place to pray over specifically. Just can't begin to put into words how anxious we are to meet this little boy.

We are trusting God to put OUR son into the hands of the person who is in contact with us. I truly believe that God will send us the son He has chosen for our family. We know that through Him we can face any difficulty our son will need us to face and we can overcome any delay he may need to beat. We have put all our hope and trust in God throughout this whole process, and that is what we will continue to do.
Hang on little man...we will be there soon.

New News

We have mailed off our dossier (which is the fancy name they use to talk about the huge stack of paperwork that goes to Russia). We mailed it to the State Dept. to get apostilled---that's adoption lingo for "super notary". It should be back tomorrow and then we are done except for that one small little thing called the homestudy. The same thing we've been working on since October. It is almost done too, just waiting on a few things to be edited and signed. Realistically, we are looking at probably the end of next week to mail everything to EAC for them to send it to Russia!!! Yeah!!!

Daniel and I both talked with our caseworker tonight. We went over everything that is our upcoming process. Our referral, first trip, second trip, third trip, and possible 4th trip. What info. we would get in our referral, what to do in country, what not to do in country, how long in between trips, how much money to take, etc...Like I said..everything that is our life in a few weeks. I have been praying that God would allow us to bring our son home by the summer. After talking with Kim tonight, that is not looking very promising, but I know God is faithful and his timing is perfect. I trust Him to bring us together at exactly the right moment. I can't wait to meet our son...I am so anxious to finally know his name, see his face, get to hold him and play with him. It's coming, just not soon enough for me :)

Our biggest prayer request right now is still for God to provide financially. We are a long way from where we need to be. We know God will provide, we are trusting only in Him. Also, please keep praying for our baby. He is waiting for us right now, needing someone to hold him and love him. Pray that God will keep him in his arms until we can get him home.