Progress...

We met with our social worker, Lyndsey, yesterday.  We are one visit away from finishing our part of the paper process!  Friday we'll wrap up our meetings, turn in the last of our paperwork and submit our final agency payments.  We're hoping that within a week or 2, our dossier can be sent along with our immigration application... and then it's WAIT WAIT WAIT!  Exciting and scary at the same time!  

The Lord has provided for our family every step of the way.  So far, we have raised $13,560 through His grace-filled provision... we've paid out $11,135 and have just over $2700 remaining in our adoption fund.  Words cannot express our appreciation for the literally HUNDREDS of people who have played some part in bringing our children home!

But we still have so far to go... we are praying for a short wait, and we know that our children are in Ethiopia somewhere and that the Lord is protecting them right now.  But we want to get to them NOW.  We want them HOME.  

We are praying that we'll have a match before the end of June, and that means our next-- and largest-- payment will be due!  When we receive a match (referral), we have 24 hours to provide payment if we accept it.  The first child referral fee is $9,200 and each additional child is $5,000... and since we're trusting the "how many" to God, we don't know "how much" will be needed.... as little as $14,200 or as much as $24,200.  But we're trusting Him completely with that as well, for we know that what He calls us to, He equips us for.

To God be the glory, great things He has done......