Wait and Pray

"Wait for the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the Lord." 

Psalm 27:14

Great news! Our adoption paperwork (300+ pages) was finished yesterday! 

The hard copy of our home study has been completed and mailed to the adoption agency, the immigration office and another grant foundation. 

Now we can only wait and pray that the American and Indian governments will approve us and the finances will be provided. Please pray! 

My husband has been home from his Army desert training for a few days now. It has been so much fun watching "Anna's" video over and over, memorizing her voice and giggling as we mimic her accent in repeating her words to each other. 

At night, we ask each other what she might be doing at that moment in the orphanage. Is she eating breakfast as we go to sleep? Is she surrounded by other children? Is she playing? Is she singing? Is she at school being drilled with the English alphabet and numbers? In her video, she shows off what she's been learning in school, and we are so proud of her! 

Please pray that she will be safe. 
Please pray that God will prepare us and our daughter for each other while we are waiting.
Please pray that she will be home soon!

progress report

Our "dossier" is completed, all except the hard copy of our home study.

When that comes in, we can apply for grants and mail our applications to US immigration, all at the same time.

Once we've been biometrically fingerprinted and approved by the USCIS, we can send our dossier to India!

While we're waiting for that to happen, hopefully we will be approved for a grant so we can send the big adoption fees check to the powers that be in India!

Please pray that all these things happen in a timely manner so we can get our girl home!

Her Mama

"Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.'" Matthew 19:14

I miss her. I love her. I can't stop gazing at her photos and watching her video.

I'm memorizing her face and her voice and her mannerisms.

I can't share her photos or video online, but I can tell you that she looks a lot like the little girl pictured on Jesus' lap in this work of art. Big eyes, pouty lips, serious expression, brown skin.
Oh, my sweet girl.

My friends at church speak about her as if she is already here, and that helps me. Because she's real. She's out there. She's lonely, and probably sleep deprived, and malnourished, and heart-broken, and she's mine. And I am her mama.

Come then, Lord Jesus. Bring her home to me.