Quick Adoption Update!

We picked up our offical home study yesterday from our agency and gathered our other paper work needed to send off to Immigration (USCIS, i600a). Basically we are requesting permission from the US Immigration to bring our baby into the country. This approval is required before we can get on the waiting list for our baby. Last night as our oldest daughters slept upstairs we prayed over all our paperwork and blessed the hands that would be recieving it. Then Rainer went out to a 24 hour print and ship store to send it off. We just couldn't wait one more day to be a step closer to Pearl :) I am asked, "What is the next step?" pretty often so I'm going to try and include the blog posts with what's next each step of the way. So, now, we wait on our letter of receipt from USCIS. The approval process can take up to 90 days, and somewhere amidst that time we will receive our appointment for fingerprinting. Our fingerprinting will be done while we await USCIS approval. Once we get our approval, we get to send our dossier to Ethiopia and get on the waiting list. Right now the waiting time for a referral is about 15-18 months. Another question we are asked is, "How can we pray?". First of off, thank you, that blesses us so! We are always praying for our baby, for her caretakers, for our family to be prepared for her, and for her tummy mommy. Specifically right now, We would love your prayers in agreement with us for continued favor in our process. For the USCIS approval to be swift and smooth! So as for our timeline, there is a lot we do not know. We have perimeters we have been told as far as 90 days here, 30 days here, etc. But, what we do know is that God is good, all the time. Our daughter has been chosen for us by him, and WE CANNOT MISS HER! I tell myself that at least 5 times a week, okay maybe 5 times a day. More soon, off to make lunches and get Bitty & Boo ready for school!