Test of Patience

Its no new news that I'm not the most patient of all people; blame it on my father. =) We are still waiting to hear from Immigration for our fingerprinting date! It doesn't help our MN state government may be temporarily shutting down due to dissagreements on budget, argh! In the meantime, I'm going back and making small changes on lots of docs that need edits before State Certification. At this time when you start to wonder if and when this will all work out, I remember too when I was biologically having my other children, being pregnant and wondering when this will be done? Funny, as soon as you hold that baby, you don't recall anything. How soon we forgot! Avah continues to "save" everything that no longer fits her for her sister and the boys are always reminding Avah that she will have to "share." =) Very cute. Please keep our family in your prayers.
The good news is- we just got back from a family vacation to Galena IL to visit family, what a great time. The kids and adults had a nice time catching up. How fun for our kids to find out they had some more cousins, and their age! We also spent a few nights in Chicago checking out the city and seeing our nephew Chaz.
We are blessed with great family.

Moving Forward!

Its been sometime since our last update. Everyone asks; "whats happening with the adoption process?" Well indeed its a process and for us basically we've been at the paper chase stage. Honestly I really wonder how many sheets of paper we've done so far? Indeed atleast a small forest... but indeed all worth it! It takes 10 months biologically to have a child, try the legal process of international adoption! =)
We are getting more excited! Our Homestudy has been finalized; praise God! We just sent in our application (I-600) to Immigration and now we wait for a fingerprinting date (FBI level) and approval. In the meantime, I am gathering all the docs needs for our Dossier (more paper.) These docs all need to be notarized, state certified and then authenticated by Ethiopia. The good news- indeed I'm a "do-er" and theres never been a wait for us! Our homestudy guide has said to me " YOU"VE BEEN ON A MISSION." We are getting closer to officially being able to be on the "wait for referral" list! Praise God!
I have tried to imagine what her face will look like- what her age will be- what her history will be- what she's doing now. I cant wait for God to finally connect us as a whole family. We are waiting...
Those willing; please continue to pray for a positive and forward moving journey for ALL of us!