Thursday, June 14, 2012

God is so good! But we already knew that!

Time for an update!  Lots to catch up on.  As I said from the beginning, I'm not an enthusiastic writer so my posts are pretty sparse.  We have had a lot of amazing things happening lately.  We were waiting on our LOA (Letter of Approval) to come from China.  The average wait time has been 80 - 100 days.  We were on day 50 when I received a phone call from our agency telling us we have our LOA!  It was so amazing because it wasn't even close to the time I thought it would take.  This considerably moved our travel time to sooner than we expected.  We are now looking to travel at the end of August!  Unbelievable!  Time to make preparations... room, crib, clothes, car seat, etc.  Hopefully not diapers!  :)  So much to do...so much to do...

Now, for more good news!!   I got an e-mail tonight from the amazing, wonderful organization, JSC Foundation, telling us that we were awarded an adoption grant!  This was for a significant amount, which  means that our agency program adoption fees are now paid - in- full!  Amazing!  I love seeing the evidence of God working in our lives.  Though we actually can see God at work every day in small and in big things.  He is faithful! He is Jehovah-Jireh!  Thanks to the initial grant our agency awarded us and now this recent grant, our whole agency adoption program fee was completely paid for by outside provision!  We, of course, have paid many other fees and costs but the entire adoption program fee was a gift!  We are so humbled and grateful beyond words.  At this point, we only have our travel expenses to pay.  I'm looking forward to seeing God's hand in the remainder of our journey.

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us and supporting us in this journey.  We look forward to bringing our sweet girl home!


LOA!!