What's going on

Things have been moving positively.  Our home study is almost complete!  We reviewed it and it has been sent to our Adoption Agency for final edit & approval.  Our dossier has been completed and sent, missing only a few minor documents.  We recieved our renewed passports yesterday, so I will be able to send those to be added to the dossier.  Everything seems to be going well on our side of things!  We still do not have the first payment we need for the next step of the process. The homestudy took longer than we expected (waiting on background checks, paperwork, etc).  The homestudy is an important part of the application process to most fundraising/grant organizations, and so we are not in the place we had hoped to be at this point.  But, God is good and our family and friends have been so helpful, we know that we are super blessed. So now, my time will be spent essay writing/filling out applications for fundraising opportunities. 

On the other side of things, I spoke to the adoption agency director last week, and she is headed to a meeting in Lesotho.  I stole and/or borrowed the below post from another blog I follow. This family is just a few months ahead of us with their adoption from Lesotho.  Her post describes the need for prayer for the upcoming meeting, and I wanted to share it. She seems better informed than I am about what is going on with the meeting, and what to be prayerful about.

The original blog post can be found at : http://florafamilycalling.blogspot.com/  We will wait to hear what comes out of this meeting, praying and hoping for the best, and staying faithful that the Lord's will will be done.

Here is what was written:
In 2 days, October 20th, there will be an important meeting taking place in Lesotho between the Lesotho Department of Social Welfare and the adoption agency reps.  Please join me and those waiting for their child to come home in praying specifically over these areas:

1) pray for clarity of roles and processes and for relationships to be healed
 

2) pray against confusion and the spirit of competition and control

3) pray for cooperation and a focus on the best interests of these orphaned and vulnerable children.

4) pray that God will act mightily to defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed; rescue the weak and the needy (Psalm 82:3)

5) pray for the children and families that have already been matched and those who are still waiting for that step to take place

END of her post.

Thanks to all of you who are keeping up with us through the process.  If you ever have questions or want to chat, hit me up!  HEARTS!