So, when you turn to God during troubled times, you often find that Satan roars his horrible roar and gnashes his terrible teeth (Wild Things....) just to fight you! Trying to get you to turn from God. When we find our faith challenged, questionable and wavering, that is when it is the easiest to fall from His grace. But that is the most important time to hang on...
Grace supplies, Love Gives, Faith receives...and we have indeed received. Our article letter issued by the Bureau of Consular Affairs come in the mail today. "This letter is to inform you that your petition has been forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post where the adoption interview will take place."
One sentence stating giving Maire's case #, chinese name, and the address of the US consulate. Not fancy, not even on real letterhead--THIS is our "article 5". This is the letter that tells the CCAA that it is time for the Wells' family to travel to China to get their daughter. It is time...(past time if you ask me!). In 2 - 3 weeks we should know the exact dates of travel. October dates are NOT full as rumored earlier in the week. We *might* actually go next month after all. We jumped through the hoops and over the hurdles. We danced through their red tape and sang to their drum--it wasn't pretty or graceful, but through God's grace we did it!
So now comes the final push for fundraising (like the 8th time I've said that right...!) But I'm really going to do it now....I have to!
Keep us in your prayers as we get everything in order to Maire home. Get the travel agency squared away, get the boys packed and ready for 2 weeks at Grandma's, repack Maire's bag for the hundredth time, get the orphanage donation raised and transferred to China...Holy cow! I don't have time to blog! Gotta run :)
Thanks all!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
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Yay for your Article 5!!!!!! We had a lot of stuff come up before our last two adoptions (ugly divorce in our family which needed to be discussed in our homestudy, unexpected surgery to rule out cancer, flooded basement where our bedroom was suppose to be). It seems to be par for the adoption course. You should have seen Aaron and I crammed into a 9x10 bedroom with Susu's toddler bed which fit by about an inch after she came home from China. Good thing our homestudy was completed before the flooding because parents aren't really suppose to have to share their daughter's small bedroom. I will pray that God protects you from Satan's attacks these last few weeks before you head to China.
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