Another video

As we were frantically trying to get Patrick ready for his youth Skiing trip to Canada we received the video of our 3rd son, Josiah. It was such an encouraging tape! He looked so much better since he has been in the orphanage for a while and off the streets. He had on clean clothes, and they had cut his hair so he was looking very sharp. He was all smiles as my friend showed him our pictures and told him we would be his new family. He gave my friend a big hug and told her peace be with you. He also immediately put on the new baseball hat we gave him. If anyone would like to get their pictures sent to them just email me your address and I can send you one. Until they are officially our children we cannot post their pictures on our blog. We also received their measurements and the 2 younger ones are the exact same height which is 2 inches taller than Emma. Noah, the oldest is 4 inches taller than the 2.

I-600A

We finally got our immigration paperwork off to homeland security. I almost sent it to the wrong address! Thankfully a friend caught my error before we sent it. Pray that it goes through quickly because it could take a long time.
We are also almost done with our dossier. We have a few things to get notarized tomorrow and then we can send it off. We are hoping to get a little bit more money in before we send it. I have applied for 4 grants and we have friends and family that have been helping which we are so very grateful to see how God uses them in this mission!!
We also got the paperwork for Ana's adoption so you can also pray that that goes through pretty quickly also!

New video

Hello, everyone! We received the first video of Noah and Caleb, the bio brothers. They were being told for the first time that we would be their new parents, and they were given our photo album that we made for them and the presents we sent. It was neat to see that they were more interested in our pictures then the gifts! They were all smiles. They were also told of their new brother, Josiah, and they seemed to even know who he was which is very likely since they are from the same area.
The hard part was seeing how hard it was for the mom. She was very excited to hear her boys had found a home and that the dad was a pastor because she feels Caleb would make a good pastor. However, it was very hard also because she was having to let go of her boys which I can't even imagine. My friend prayed with her on the video with the boys for courage and strength as she has made this very hard decision. We have also been praying for her as soon she will have to say goodbye to her boys forever. Please pray for her with us.

I-600A?

Well, we have run into our first hiccup in the adoption. The Secretary of State's office called today. They have to authenticate 2 of our documents in our dossier. Well, in WA there have been several families that have done the same thing we have done through the same office and the same agency but they want to be difficult with ours. Our case manager is trying to smooth things out so pray that that happens because otherwise it could become longer and more expensive.
Also my kiddos are better but my purse got stolen on Sunday night right in our garage so we are a bit discouraged by that because we had to change our locks because my other set of keys were in my purse! We could definitely use prayer just to help with encouragement!!!!! Thank you everyone for your support during this time.
OH, also we heard our boys are doing really well. The mom of the 2 brothers was really encouraged to hear her boys were going to a pastor because she thinks the youngest(Caleb) should be a pastor. We also had to sign some paperwork for Josiah, the one that is unrelated to claim him so he could be moved to another better orphanage so that was exciting to actually claim him!!! Well, my other 4 are calling so I must go!!