I can not think of a better month for Britt to meet our daughter face to face! I am SO excited! As I am typing this he is in the air above India flying to our daughter's city. I know he has so many emotions going through him right now. I wish I could talk to him! I can't wait to see videos and pictures of our baby girl! Cue the tears!! She will not understand the magnitude of this yet, but she is meeting her daddy for the first time!
I love doing this blog to keep everyone updated, but also to have to print for her adoption book. I want her to see how God has been with her from the time she was conceived and how He has woven her story together!
My last blog was news we did not want to hear. We were hoping for a quick i800 approval, but USCIS is asking for more "evidence." That was on Friday, October 21. The following Monday I found out it is a form from the orphanage that is needed declaring her an orphan. We were so excited to see this e-mail from our agency on Friday, October 28...
But then about 12 hours later we get this e-mail...
The next day Eli and I had a booth at the Cotton Fest in Eclectic. He wanted to make something to sell to help raise money for baby sister (so sweet, right?!). We made candles and bracelets for him to sell.
Here is one of the bracelets...these sold out fast!
"And if not" comes from the book of Daniel. When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stood before King Nebuchadnezzar they told him that their God was able to deliver them from the fiery furnace. "And if not," God is still good! Things do not always go as we have planned, and bad things happen to good people, but our God is always good! He is worthy of our praise and our time. The bracelet is a great reminder of that.
I was e-mailing back and forth with Amanda all during the Cotton Fest. The new form has her birthdate as 5-14-14. So we need an updated Medical Exam Report (MER) and Child Study Report (CSR) with that date of birth on it. I was looking over the paperwork we have and I see 5-14-14 on one paper as the date she entered the orphanage. But the MER and CSR are quick and easy to fix. So if it means changing the birth date to a month later than so be it! We are just ready to get our girl home!
SO thankful when I saw this...
The orphanage has the paperwork re-done to give Britt while he is there! So praying for quick i800 approval once we get those papers to USCIS. Then pray we get quick approval for Article 5 and No Objection Certificate.
Britt and Lee left Eclectic at 1:00 pm yesterday (October 31) headed to Atlanta for their first flight to Qatar. I was able to track that flight...
They had 2 more flights to get them to our daughter's city around 11:00 pm (November 1) our time. So they have been traveling for 34 hours!!
I'm so anxious, and praying that technology will work well so I can get some pictures and videos tonight. I know I will not be able to sleep!
Hoping I will be able to update everyone on here at some point tomorrow or the next day about his visit with our baby girl! I will definitely have to get him to write a blog post about his trip when he gets home! Thank you to everyone that is praying for him and for those who have checked on me. It means a lot!
Ahhhh!!! I can't believe Britt is getting to meet our daughter tonight!!
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