One Step Closer

Signed, Notarized and Apostilled! Ready to be sent. On Monday I’ll drive them in to Grand Rapids and they should be on their way!
We are one step closer to bringing her home forever .

Do A Little Dance

Today we received the paperwork we have been waiting for since March. We now have to have them notarized and apostilled. We are being told that if we get this paperwork back to Albania by October 25th we may have a court date in early Nov. Can you see the smile on our faces!

The only hic-up is with immigration; our fingerprints expire in mid Oct. so we are going in next week to get them updated. I still don’t understand how fingerprints expire, but I won’t go off about that here :)

We are just going to continue to pray that the process goes smoothly and swiftly. With the help of God we could be home just in time for Christmas!

Doing Back Flips

Our day is finally here! This morning I called our SW (it’s Tuesday, a day she works) to let her know that we received the paperwork to have our fingerprints updated. And she let me know that she had just received an e-mail from her boss saying that the AAC had their meeting last Friday and as promised they put Marjada on the international list and then went ahead and assigned her to us! I was sitting in my doctor’s waiting room and just about jumped off my chair. I was quickly told that I had to turn off my cell phone so I sent out a quick text (sorry for all the misspellings) and rushed my poor doctor so I could get out of there and make my phone calls.

Now we are back to waiting. We have to wait for the paperwork to arrive so we can sign it and send it back. Then the judge will get it and assign a court date at which time we can travel! This usually takes 4-6 weeks. We still don’t know if they have told her yet it was on my list of questions which should be answered by Thursday.

Please keep up the prayers we are only one step closer but it sure feels great!

Praise God for the gift of adoption!

The Latest

The latest is unfortunately not much different than the past six months. We are being told that the AAC has not meant yet, no reason just hasn’t to Bethany's knowledge. They still expect them to have their September meeting but I guess it will be in October. Historically they meet the third Friday of the month so I really hope we don't have to wait that long. We did hear that when the orphanage that Marjada lives in had their September meeting they did reference Marjada. Apparently when the AAC meets at the end of September she will be placed on the international list and that she has a family from Bethany that will be adopting her. Now we don't know if they received this information from Bethany or the AAC, but we are happy that they know she is going to be placed with us. As you can imagine we are jumping every time the phone rings or I hear that peep of a new e-mail this adoption stuff is not for the faint of heart I'm here to tell you!

HFTW took their mission trip earlier last month and they once again saw our sweet little Marjada, they reported to us that she is still a wonderful, sweet and smart little girl. They sent me a picture of her in front of her birthday cake and I must tell you it brought tears to my eyes to see how happy she was to have a party, just for her. Without sponsors these kids don't get to have a party at all, many have never had anyone celebrate the day they were born, breaks my heart. They also took her shopping for her big day! It's great to know that they made that day all about her.



So we are praying that the AAC meets and that we get our travel dates soon. I will keep you all posted and thank you so much for all the phone calls and e-mails we feel so blessed that so many of you are thinking of us.