We Have An Appointment!!

Hallelujah!  One year and 5 days after we officially began this adventure, we have an appointment for our babies!  Praise God.  Truly I praise Him.  I praise Him knowing that His timing is perfect, whether I agree with it or not.  I praise Him for granting me the patience and will to persevere all this time.  And I praise Him that our children's country approved our dossier and sees us fit to adopt two precious children from their country.  PRAISE!!!

I am so overwhelmed right now I don't know what to do with myself!  I have been anticipating this day for so long but now that it is here it is so surreal.  There is much to do-- meal offerings that have been made for feeding our kids while we are gone need to be scheduled, as do various helpers, the babies' room needs to be finished, bags need to be packed, airline tickets are already in the works, more (yes more) paperwork needs to be filled out, and all within a very short time.  Craziness is now setting in upon the Rowe household!  But happy craziness  :)

We still covet your prayers throughout this process.  This is far from the end or a done deal, in fact this is really just the beginning.  There are appointments to be had, court dates to be set, lots of meetings with facilitators, nannies and orphanage directors in our future too.  Please pray that the Lord guides us through it all, that we have safe passage there and back, that we know the right things to say at the right time, and that we are able to complete this whole process in a timely manner.  There is still lots riding on the opinions of others-- the judges, the prosecutors.  They wield the power in it all.  We hope they have mercy on us and our children.

As well, I will be making my blog private again when we travel.  This is at the advice of our facilitation team.  We don't want to take any chances on anything we say being misconstrued or used against us in any way during this adoption, so if you would like an invite for when I make it private, send me an email or let me know in the comments below.  Only people we know well will be approved at this time.  We hope you understand, it is for the safety of our adoption and our future children.  :)

I can't even express adequately how extremely HAPPY I am that this day is finally here!!  All the paperwork and the re-do's and the waiting, it will all soon be worth it when we are able to gaze into those tiny faces and tell them at long last that they have a mama and a papa who will love them FOREVER.  Adoption is such a blessing and a gift!  I am a very blessed woman and we are a very blessed family.