Guess what?!?!

We have been matched with baby sister!!!

 

 

 

It's amazing how we are already so in love with that precious face that is over 8,000 miles away from us on the other side of the world!

 

She is 2 years old...8 months younger than Matthew. But she is so tiny! She was left at a police station at 3 days old. I am so thankful her birth mother chose life for her!  

 

The most frequently asked question we have gotten with this news is, "When will you be able to go get her?" We do not have an answer for that. We have to wait for the courts in India to finish the adoption process on their side. Once it is done our agency will call us and tell us to book our flight! We are praying it will move quickly and at the latest be traveling to get her in March. Her birthday is in April.

 

 

I still can't get over this past week...just crazy, amazing, blessed!!

Here is a timeline...

 

 

Monday night (July 11) around 8:00 p.m. -

I saw the e-mail from Terri Thompson sent around 6:30 p.m. that we were registered with CARA

 

Wednesday morning (July 13) around 7:30 a.m. -

Phone call from Terri saying we were approved with CARA in just 2 days!!

 

Friday (July 15) -

We had a lazy morning at home before the boys and I left for the lake. I told Britt that I was starting to get anxious and just needed something to work on towards the adoption.

 

11:00 a.m. Our door bell rang. It was FedEx with our i800a paperwork! God gave me something to work towards. Yay!

(the i800a is the paperwork that will allow us to bring her into the United States)

 

12:00 p.m. The boys and I went on to the lake to visit with my in-laws and cousins. Britt went to Montgomery for a funeral.

 

2:41 p.m. We were going out on the boat for the kids to tube and realized Eli did not have his life jacket, so we turned around to go get it. Right before heading back out my phone rings and I see Pat Lee across my screen. Ms. Pat is the director of Children of the World. She told me she had a match for us and that she would e-mail me her picture and information.

 

2:54 p.m. I call Britt...it took 4 tries to get him (he was at the funeral).

 I forwarded the e-mail from Ms. Pat to Britt for him to look at. After about an hour of phone calls and texts back and forth (we were looking over her medical information and special needs) I got this text from Britt...

 

5:30 p.m. Britt and I were finally both back at home, so we called Ms. Pat to ask a few more questions and then told her we wanted to be matched! She said she would look on the portal to be sure she was still there and get us matched if so. She said she would text us to let us know.  

 

8:25 p.m. 3 hours later we finally got this from Ms. Pat.

 I am SO glad we had a couple from church over last night for supper. It helped with my anxiety! And let me just say...the problem with the portal did not surprise me at all...I swear Satan has attacked computers, connections, etc. through our whole process so far. Please pray him away from the rest of our process in Jesus name!!

 

10:05 p.m. From Ms. Pat!!

 

Ahhhh!!! I just can't believe it! I don't feel deserving, but SO thankful!

Now the really hard part...not being able to go get her for who knows how long.

 

Please pray everything goes smoothly and we can get our girl home soon!