more waiting...

So, apparently, our agency has to receive Isaiah's passport before they can make the Embassy Appointment. Ugh! So we are praying that it will arrive very soon! As the days grow closer, we are making preparations for travel. Bit by bit. Piece by piece. We are beginning the packing part. We have spent several days running around Walmart looking for items to take on our trip. Medications for fever, scabies, ear infections, upset tummy, etc... and not to mention diapers, wipes, bug spray with deet, food and snacks, clothes for our son, and much much more...this part is fun, but also exhausting. Are we forgetting anything? Do we have everything that we will need? Wow. It's enough to drive you crazy at times.
In the midst of it all, we are learning to sit at the feet of Jesus. To rest in His care and provision. To trust Him with the deepest issues of heart. He is enough. He is able. He is. And we must take a step back from the busy-ness of our lives and this journey and rest in His goodness.
Thank you all for taking this journey with us...and we are so grateful for your sweet prayers!

PTL!!!! Immigration Approval!!!!!

Praise the Lord and Hallelujah!!!!! We received Immigration Approval in the mail today!!! We are soooo excited!!!! We had to have it notarized and send it to our agency. We fedexed it to them asap and it will arrive tomorrow morning.
They will then call and make our Embassy Appointment for our Congo Coordinator to take our paperwork in. That takes around 8 weeks. So we're looking at late March. :(
Next is Visa processing which takes around 2-3 weeks and then TRAVEL dates in around 2 weeks!!!!! YAY!!!!
Finally, we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel... :)
I thank the Lord for this quick turn around on Immigration approval! It could have been much longer. Praise God! He shows up just when you need Him!
Thank You Jesus!

Waiting... again...

So, on December 29th, our Immigration package was sent in and it arrived at a lockbox facility on December 30th. It was then processed and sent on to the USCIS office in Washington, DC, where it went through processing in again and then arrived on our officers desk around January 9-13th. At this point, our officer, John Michalson, has our case.
Today is the 18th of January, and when I spoke with him today, he stated that the average time for the Immigration approval of a Congo adoption is running around 75 days. OUCH! That is torture! Now, I wonder if that 75 days is from the 30th of Dec. or the 9-13th of January? Not sure.
However, in thinking through this very hard news, I realized that it doesn't matter which date it is from because the fact is that it is our Heavenly Father that will determine the day and the hour that we receive our approval. Not our officer. Not us. No one but the Father.
So, as we look at 75 days, we can rest and even have joy in knowing that those numbers mean nothing. Absolutely Nothing. Our son will come home when our Father says so, and not a moment later. And He doesn't make mistakes. Thank You Lord for Your faithfulness!!!

Immigration processing...

We received notice today that our I600 Immigration Application has been received and is now in process! YAY!!! We are praying for whatever officer will be handling our case! There is one officer that is kind of anti-adoption, so please pray that her heart will change so that she will enjoy helping orphans get home to their families. Thank you all so much for your continued prayers and loving support.

Happy and Blessed 2012!!!

Hello Everyone!
We pray you all have a blessed 2012!!! We look forward to what God has in store for us this year. We desire to serve Him in every way He calls us to. We are so excited about whatever the future holds. This is not to say that we expect everything to be wonderful and perfect...quite the contrary...

We know that when you surrender to the Lord and serve Him wholeheartedly, you will suffer adversity and trials. We know that we will face many issues as we bring our new son into our family. We are aware that there are many forces that would have us turn our back on the Lord and cry "Why me?"

We are arming ourselves for the battles that lie ahead...with the Word of God and the truth of God. It is our desire that you will pray along with us for protection, wisdom, and strength for each moment of every day...

We are blessed to know each of you and look forward to being a support to you as you seek God's perfect Will for your lives this year...

All our love to each of you!!!