Update!

Our I-171H form came in!!! Yay! Now we're really close to completing our dossier! We are waiting on a couple of updates to be turned into us. Because the process has taken longer than expected, we needed to update a few of our documents before sending it to Honduras. The things we lack are the updated deed for our home, which we should have today or tomorrow, and then the medical letters. Honduras has been through a reforming process with new leaders and an updated adoption process. It's been really hard for the families that submitted their dossiers last year and waited for months without ever making it to the waiting list. Thankfully things are moving forward again! It's been exciting to see people's numbers move up the list and I can't wait for it to be our turn! That being said, there are just a couple things that changed from what it used to be. One of which, is the standard letter each person has to have written on their behalf from their doctor.

What happens next? - Once we have all of our documents in hand, we will have these few notarized documents apostilled. The others have already been apostilled when Nathan drove them to Atlanta. Then we will make all the copies that are needed for our records and the agency. Then we submit it along with a few different checks. After final approval, our agency will send our Dossier to Honduras! Once in Honduras, it has be translated. That process alone takes a few weeks. I will keep you updated along the way. Praying that we can still get our Dossier to Honduras by the end of the month!!!

I'm so excited that there is a light at the end of the paper chase! I'm so excited that we're moving forward! We have no idea if our wait time will be short or long but at least we will finally be "waiting"! Thank you all for your continued support and prayers. Along the way it can be frustrating and we know our road until he comes home is probably much longer than the road behind us. We feel the Holy Spirit all over this adoption and continue to move forward with confidence! God already knew that our paperwork would take longer than we expected before he placed this in our hearts. We believe he is guiding this situation with his hand and it will come together in his timing. I was thinking today that I can't imagine how people do this without a relationship with our Savior. It's his peace, his promises, and the knowledge that he is leading us that keeps me going. I would be a frazzled mess without the Lord in this situation! (or in any aspect of life)