Progress still continues…

It has been what feels like a week since I last posted and the progress still continues. It is exciting to see how things continue to unfold.

Last Thursday we completed out last home study meeting and left with a short list of loose ends to wrap up. Most everything is simply following up to get a few pieces of paperwork back from either government agencies or doctors…go figure. No big deal. The expectation is that we would next begin working on our dossier and have it ready to go to Latvia in the next month or two. Then comes the e-mail Saturday morning. It is simply to inform us that our dossier is being requested to be ready to go to Latvia on the 17th of March…less than three weeks away! No time to rest, just keep pushing forward. A couple of challenges are the fact that we have to come up with a pretty good size chunk of money to send to Latvia with the dossier. It’s for the attorney, translation and a few other fees…just $2,300! Oh…and the $1000 for the dossier preparation. No big deal…God has a lot more than that and we are trusting Him to provide that in the next two weeks.

Today we officially have been accepted by the adoption agency. Our long application is in and our home study/adoption coordinator has done her part in getting us locked in with the agency. Now it’s just another $2,500 for the agency.

All of this seems a bit overwhelming at times..but it just reminds me that we are still making progress and we are still moving forward. We are very thankful that things are still moving…and at what seems to be an above average pace.

Thank you to those of you who have stepped out in faith and donated to help bring Alex home. Our hosting fund is at about 27% of goal currently. Our adoption fund is at about 6% of what we will need. Thank you!

To those of you who would like to donate,

~ For those interested in donating toward the hosting of Alex, please visit: http://www.active.com/donate/2009summerorphans/LifeIsBigger  ~ For those interested in donating toward the adoption of Alex, please contact either Cindy or I directly.

To everyone…Thank You for your prayers, encouragement and support!