November 23rd!

This year on Thanksgiving, I will have an extra thing to be thankful for. The liaison in Ukraine got us a court date for our dossier submission on November 23rd, the day before Thanksgiving! Our social worker here thinks that he is trying to have us approved in Ukraine by the end of the year. While we still have a long way to go, I have felt so blessed in recent days by the people I have "run into" and by our church. This has happened so much faster than we thought it would given that it took about 6 months to complete the home study portion of our process.

Prayers that we need:

1) That the Lord would prepare the hearts and minds of the children He has waiting for us.
2) That the Lord would prepare our hearts (Dave, the kids, and I) to be open and loving to our children.
3) That God's will would ultimately be done. That the glory would be His.
4) That God will provide the finances needed to see this adoption to completion.
5) That we would make the right decision regarding what to do with Zoë and Addie during our time in Ukraine. Given how fast this is moving, we may travel before the summer, and they will still be in school. We want to do what is right by them, whether we un-enroll and home school them for a month or have them stay here for at least a portion of the time.

Thanks so much for your prayers during this time!