Rejoice With Us!

Someone announced on Facebook today that spring is just forty-three days away.  Here in the Midwest (and in many places in our country) it has been a long, cold winter with an unusual amount of snow and ice.  In fact the email we expected today with the pdf of our adoption approval letter from the NVC didn't arrive because they are CLOSED due to the weather!  There are MANY of us excited that spring is just around the corner.

This year the coming of spring holds even more promise.  If our timetable turns out to be "average" we should be boarding a plane for China on the first day of spring to go meet our Prince!  FORTY-THREE days????  While that is VERY exciting indeed,  a glance to the right side border on this page shows that our progress towards raising the funds to make this happen is not keeping pace.  Our largest fees are those of the orphanage donation and travel expenses and they need to be paid soon.

So it was with gratitude that I listened to a message on my phone today informing us that a local church has given us a $2500 grant towards these expenses!  Rejoice with us! And please, keep us in your prayers as we get down to the final weeks of this process.