According to the assigned birthday on her papers, she will be five years old in four days.
She will be five, and I will be twenty-nine. Almost thirty. I'm probably one of the few women in the world who wants to hurry up and turn thirty...because technically, on paper, that's the age at which people become eligible to adopt a child from India. Kyle and I have an average age of thirty-one, so thankfully that makes us eligible.
She has been in the orphanage for a year now.
At this point, we are waiting to wrap up our home study (almost there!) and gather documents for the dossier (seemingly endless!). We need three official copies and eight non-official copies of everything under the sun. Birth certificates, marriage certificate, letters of reference, financial records, etc.
Please pray that we can throw her a party and hug her on her next birthday!
Oh, and PRAISE THE LORD we were approved for a grant! Up to $4,000 in tax-deductible donations will be matched, giving us $8,000 toward the adoption! I will send out letters of explanation soon.
Now we need to pray that the rest of the adoption costs (about $22,000) will be granted by other organizations. God is always faithful and always good. He will bring our daughter home. Just wait and see!
"Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west." Isaiah 43:5
"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:18
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