Tuesday

Lord willing, my paperwork will be ready for me on Tuesday of next week. I am so excited I can hardly stand the wait. ;o)

I will be in H-town then, so I may be able to get the papers myself from the lawyer. I hope to go to Austin on Thursday or Friday a.m. and present my request for new birth certificate.

We are doing our very best to have every thing ready so once the BC is done, we can then proceed with the next step. YAY.

Our house closing keeps getting postponed. ARG. However, I know it is God's plan. So I am not going to waste time harping on that. (I'm good at that. Harping. So not now, ok?)

Overwhelmed

God is so good. He is true to His word.



Please remember back, if you will, that weird moment where I shared about my dream. (yes, that still sounds completely kooky to me.) That Voice? ... Still. Quiet. Commanding.



"It's all paid for."



The adoption is all paid for. :o) Yes, there are still other fees and expenses involved. However, at this point in time I do not believe I will be quibbling with the LORD about those. I am certain He can handle even them.


I've blogged about it over here as well, so sorry for the double ~ yet slightly different post.


Unbeknownst to me, this check arrived in the mail yesterday around noon. I was in the middle of school with the boys, then errands, then practices...sigh...until about 5pm. Once home, I looked through the mail and saw the envelope.


"Hmmm, what's this?"


I opened it. I think time stood sill for a while as I laughed, cried, paced, knelt, and sat~awed at the provision of the Lord.


I knew a check was in the works. However, until I saw it it just wasn't real to me.


People. IT'S REAL.


I have replayed all those questions I've had over and over the last day or so, and they've since evaporated. I know in my soul that God has ordained this journey of ours.


"Now to Him who is able to do FAR MORE abudantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20,21

GO HERE if you want to read details.

Exhibits A,B,C,D

Call #1 of The Calls We've Been Waiting For: Documents changed, need signatures, overnight them back to us, will be sent to Judge.

HALLELUJAH! I called the lawyer today and when his assistant answered she was happy to hear my voice. :o) She had me on her To Do list today. She emailed me the forms for Jeff to sign stating that he's my HUSBAND and not my FATHER. Aye!

Jeff will sign those pups, and they'll be off tomorrow, my parents have forms to sign, then the Judge...THEN the request for a new birth certificate pour moi...THEN off to immigration for our apps for those two cutie pies on the right. ;o)

I had to print these docs off at the library because our printer is pitiful. I signed up for a computer and told I'd have to wait an hour. Frustrated, I said, "Ok. Put my name down." I walked over to the magazines praying silently, "Loooooord?" I think that's about all I could muster. My buzzer went off signaling I had a computer. "Yes! Thank you God!" Sat down, and the computer wouldn't print attachments from emails. arg. Got another computer. Same thing. Finally saw one of my 'Pet Librarians' and she gave the okay to go to the genealogy room. (Which is kind of a big deal as some of the ladies who work there are very strict and won't let me use that room.) Got my docs printed. YES!

February is this super crazy month of basketball ending, family visiting, birthday celebrating, theatre productions and competitions and I have to admit that it is kinda nice being 'on hold' for bit till this paperwork is sorted through. However, it feels like this train is building steam getting really close to lurching forward and headin' out. ;o)