Waiting for her new family!

It's so exciting to see her sitting with her photo album of her new family!  I pray that she is being prepared for us and that she will recognize us.  If all goes well, we should be going to pick her up in 5 short weeks!  Unbelievable!  I am so ready to have her in my arms.  Looking at her sweet picture with her boo-boo on her knee, makes me sad that I wasn't there to wipe her tears away and make it all better.  Soon, very soon.  Around here, I'm going through some major "nesting".  We are preparing a room in our home for her, but our hearts are all ready!

Looking at her new family pictures! :)

New pics!

Lena's new room!

Puzzle fundraiser / Bringing Lena home soon!

Thank you so much to everyone who has contributed to our puzzle to bring Lena home!  If you would like to add your name to the puzzle, you can donate through our PayPal button on the upper right of this page.  We hope to have the edges completed with the names of everyone who helped to bring her home.  :)

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!!