It's official - we have a court date!! November 22, 2012 - Thanksgiving Day. How fitting!! It is later than we anticipated they would allow us to travel, but couldn't be more perfect! We have not yet booked our travel (working on it), but we will likely leave Monday Nov. 5 or Tuesday Nov. 6. After another skype with "N" and a lot of laughs, we cannot wait to meet him! You should all prepare yourselves! We told him that there would be a lot of people who want to give him hugs when we arrive and he responded "I like giving hugs! I like to squeeze! And when I squeeze people, they say 'ugh!'" Ha ha ha!
God has graciously guided us through this journey and we are so thankful to be able to share it with all of you. We should be home right before Christmas, so it will be quite the celebration with his birthday and the holiday right after we arrive. We can't wait!!!
Love,
Laura and Kevin
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
A day of GREAT news!!!!
I am beyond excited to post that we have received our last approval document!!!! To give you the short version, we actually received it on Saturday, but didn't know that is was THE approval. We we under the impression that our approval came from the National Visa Office, which is where our paperwork is currently. What a great surprise! God is SO GOOD!!!! Now, we are waiting for a confirmed court date (which we hope to have in the next couple days) to book our tickets!
More good news......we found out today that we received the grant that we applied for through Bethany Christian Services! Thank you, THANK YOU to the amazingly generous donors and thank you to all of our friends and family who have donated, prayed, consoled, comforted and rejoiced with us throughout this journey! We cannot believe it's almost here - we get to meet our son!!!
Please pray that we get our court date confirmed quickly and that God will prepare us all for the excitement of the next few weeks!
Love,
Laura and Kevin
More good news......we found out today that we received the grant that we applied for through Bethany Christian Services! Thank you, THANK YOU to the amazingly generous donors and thank you to all of our friends and family who have donated, prayed, consoled, comforted and rejoiced with us throughout this journey! We cannot believe it's almost here - we get to meet our son!!!
Please pray that we get our court date confirmed quickly and that God will prepare us all for the excitement of the next few weeks!
Love,
Laura and Kevin
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Praying for patience and paperwork!
So much going on!! We were able to Skype with "N" for the first time last Thursday! We talked for about 20 minutes and it was awesome. He was pretty quiet, but he seemed very excited to learn about us and the dogs! We asked what he wants to do for his birthday (12/24), and he said "throw a snowball"! It was a huge step toward the reality of finally becoming parents! We will get to Skype with him every week until we meet in person. Can't wait for Thursdays :)
We also were issued a tentative court date for November 13th, which would mean we would need to leave for Africa by Oct 28th. That part is AWESOME!!! What is not so awesome is that the last approval letter we need may not make it by then.
So PLEASE PRAY that the government offices involved in that approval move at lightning speed and that we are able to make our court date! God is so good and has been present throughout this journey and we know that it will all come together in His timing - but we are praying that His timing involves "N" spending his birthday and Christmas with his forever family.
Thank you again to all of you for your continued support and prayers.
Love,
Laura and Kevin
We also were issued a tentative court date for November 13th, which would mean we would need to leave for Africa by Oct 28th. That part is AWESOME!!! What is not so awesome is that the last approval letter we need may not make it by then.
So PLEASE PRAY that the government offices involved in that approval move at lightning speed and that we are able to make our court date! God is so good and has been present throughout this journey and we know that it will all come together in His timing - but we are praying that His timing involves "N" spending his birthday and Christmas with his forever family.
Thank you again to all of you for your continued support and prayers.
Love,
Laura and Kevin
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
REFERRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is with OVERWHELMING joy that I would like to share that we received our official referral for "N" yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He finally knows that he has a family!!!! They said he can't stop jumping up and down and that he said he is the happiest boy who ever lived! Words can't describe what a great feeling it is to know that we are so close to being united as a family!!!
What comes next??
Kevin mailed our last US government paperwork this morning! We are waiting to be assigned a court date now. Please pray for our paperwork to be processed quickly and that they will be able to assign us a court date yet this year. If we do travel this year, it will mean that we'll leave by the end of the month and be back in Michigan in time to celebrate his 8th birthday with family and friends!
While the last 10 days have be a rollercoaster of excitement and frustration, God has been with us through it all! We are so blessed and can't wait to begin our journey into parenthood!
Wahoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What comes next??
Kevin mailed our last US government paperwork this morning! We are waiting to be assigned a court date now. Please pray for our paperwork to be processed quickly and that they will be able to assign us a court date yet this year. If we do travel this year, it will mean that we'll leave by the end of the month and be back in Michigan in time to celebrate his 8th birthday with family and friends!
While the last 10 days have be a rollercoaster of excitement and frustration, God has been with us through it all! We are so blessed and can't wait to begin our journey into parenthood!
Wahoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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