We leave the 9th!

We leave Sept. 9th and will be home with Gracie the 24th. We are soooo excited but our heads are spinning with all that needs to be done. I talked to the Lancaster Cleft Clinic today and they are just the most delightful group of people. Their team of doctors and specialists will see Gracie all in one appointment in mid October. They were so encouraging and insightful. Off to do some packing=)

TRAVEL APPROVAL IS HERE!

TA has arrived!!! Wow I thought I might lose my mind. Thank you for your prayers! Our trip dates to follow in the next couple days!

LWB supplies

Sandi from Love Without Boundaries sent me 6 backpacks full of baby supplies to carry to China with us. What a privilege! They are for the Anhui Cleft Healing Home. Gracie is from the Anhui Province. I so hope to be able to visit the home and deliver the supplies and hold the babies. Maybe we will choose a baby there to start sponsoring. For more info. on the healing home check out this website... http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/healing_homes_anhui_cleft.cfm

Prayer Requests

Our wait for Gracie has been so hard but at the same time God has been so faithful. Yes, we wish he would just swoop down and change our circumstances but instead he has taken care of us through them. I think back the to April when we first accepted Gracie's referral how my heart ached to see a picture of her smiling. Just a few days later on Easter Sunday, in such a miraculously random way, I found pictures of Gracie laughing in a hospital bed as she awaited surgery on her palate and smiling while holding her foster Dad's hand in the elevator. God knows our needs. I think about how hard the wait has been but it doesn't compare to how hard it would have been if we had not found out Gracie's palate had been repaired. I also think of all of the other answered prayer. Of having pictures of her foster parents and bother, the swine flu outbreak and all of her progress in speech since surgery. I know it is cliche but... Life is hard but God is good.

TB testing

As many of you may have heard in the news, a family was forced to leave their newly adopted daughter in China due to her positive TB test. TB testing is a new CDC regulation. If a test is positive it does not mean automatically that you child will not be issued a Visa but further tests, chest x-rays etc. would be ordered which could lengthen the adoption process in China. This was the worst case scenario until the recent news reports. However, with many adoptions occurring each month and only 1 major issue, there is no reason to be overly alarmed. Gracie will be tested for TB and receive a thorough physical examination while we are with her in China. Can you join us in praying for Gracie's health?

Waiting for Travel Approval

Hi all. We are asking again for your prayers to receive Travel Approval. 3 weeks is the norm and Friday will mark the third week of waiting for this final approval. Once received we will set dates! If the week passes with TA we will be very discouraged. Thanks for your continued prayer and support.