One Year Home Video

Okay, not the greatest video/pictures but I lost all my pictures from May-August :(
Please pray my photo card is supernaturally fixed!!

Showing Grace

Our awesome pastor talked today about integrity and grace. I should always remember that, even when anti-adoption people say negative things to me about adopting Isaac.
Jesus, help me be more like you in everything I do!!

Got Zac's US Visa!

Kevin walked downstairs and picked up Isaac's visa at work today.
Woo Hoo. Now I can concentrate on being Zac's mom instead of worrying about paperwork and deadlines.
We officially finished this process two days before we fly out to our next post.
I knew it would come close, but I had no idea HOW CLOSE.
See, we aren't like most families. We couldn't stay here indefinitely due to my husband's job. We knew that, of course, which is why we have been pushing things at every step of the way.

I've said it many times before, but I think when we leave here and aren't under all this adoption-stress, that life will be much different. And then we'll look back and think, "Gosh, look what God did. This is crazy!"

I'm trying to put together another video of Zac of all his sweet little pictures. Things are crazy right now since we fly out in two days. But hopefully I can get to it soon.

I would like to keep my blog up, for future adopting families to see the timeline. I probably won't write too much more, though. Will take a while to decompress I think...

It's been quite a journey. I got a Word from the Lord a while back that we would adopt an Asian girl, and I told him, "This Kenya Hague adoption exhausted me and depleted me completely. If you want us to adopt again, you are going to have to drop her in our lap..."  So we'll see...

If A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words...

GOT ISAAC'S KENYAN PASSPORT!

It's in my hands today. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Our U.S. Visa appointment is tomorrow at 9am.
I'm out of words to say. Relieved beyond comprehension.

Yesterday.

So on Thursday we paid a courier friend to file Isaac's passport. About an hour later he called to say the application was approved, and that we need to bring Isaac down for digital photos. Well THAT wasn't in my day plans, ESP since I was shopping at the time. LOL! I whined and complained about it until Kevin agreed to take off work and go Downtown in a taxi with Zac. They were gone several hours but everything was done without any problems. Immigration is supposed to be ready with the passport on Wednesday or Thursday of next week. Ahhhhhh!

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Filing for Passport tomorrow.

Kevin picked up our COC today! Acquired certified copies of all our docs. And couriered over our passport application to our attorney so she could sign it as the Recommender. 
Will courier it back here tomorrow morning. And then we hired a consultant/courier (our friend) to file the application for us. We hope it takes only a week...but Immigration says could be up to 14 days. And so we keep praying! 
Woo hoo!!!! 

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