We Made it!

Talked to our agency today...we made it through the authentication process, even with the "holes"!! Yippee!! Hip hip hooray!! Our dossier is on it way back to our agency, and then they will send it to E. Yeah!!

Some "bad" news also today, though. The process in E is getting bottlenecked and taking longer. Because of things such as China's lengthy wait, Guatemala closing, and other countries' problems as well, E is started to get flooded with dossiers. There are only 2 judges that hear adoption cases, and they also hear other things, so they only have so many "slots" for adoption. Kinda like my doc who only has so many slots for physicals, so its a couple month wait when I call (hmmm....it's been a while, I should probably get that done, too!). People who just got their court dates last week from our agency got them for the end of December. We're looking at January or even February for our court date, then if we pass, it could be 8 weeks (it has been about 5 weeks) before we travel. Usually if you don't pass court your new court date is 2 weeks later, but...that will probably be extended, too. Resting in the fact that God is in control.

It looks like He didn't approve of my plan. Shucks! I was hoping to have the kids home in February so I would have time to homeschool Svanna through Kindergarten before fall and she could start 1st grade then. Hmmm....not looking likely. I may have to keep her home a year and homeschool. One day at a time, Lord Jesus, one day at a time!

Thanks for celebrating our paperwork passing with me! God Bless!