not this week

So... we heard through the blogline (thanks Katie!) that the nuns at the orphanage have made matches for 12 families. Who Hoo!!! Praise Jesus and thank you nuns for your hard work! This is awesome, meaning our family has more than likely been matched with a child. Unfortunatelly we will not get our referral (pictures and information about her)this week. There is still some paperwork to process through the ministry's office at the government level and it could take some time. So we remain anxiously patient for news. Next week... possibily... a couple of weeks maybe. In the meantime we will pray that the minister's office has the manpower and time to finalize the referral information as soon as possible. Prayers please! :)

p.s. It's been 9 months since our dossier arrived in Rwanda... about 15 months since we started... who'da thought it'd take us a year and a half to bring this baby home!!!?? God has/is teaching us some pretty important lessons! :) We are thankful for all of it!

snow in them there hills

October 8 and the ground is already covered in fluffy white snow. It's beautiful but makes me sad to think that we will have a long winter again this year. A trip in the next month to Rwanda would be nice!!!! :) O how I would love to bundle up a baby girl in snow gear and build a snowman with all my kiddos.

Waiting...

pretty quiet

Just got an email from my caseworker... our POA spoke with the minster's office this afternoon. The report was that the minister gave no information except that their office was still working with the orphanage. I am wondering what that means... I hope that means that they are in the medical testing phase and not still waiting for an initial match from the orphanage. I'm sure that will all the families waiting for referrals right now this is quite a process. I am praying that there are not a bunch of delays ahead!

I want my baby girl to come home... sigh... referral soon please! :)

changing colors countdown

So.. we are still waiting for a referral here. All, or at least most, of the families who are waiting for referrals (matches) from the Rwandan government have Oct. 12th as their referral deadline. This is the date the government sent in their approval letters... when they expected to have our child chosen for us. So... if the date is true then we will get to see a picture of our forever baby girl in less than three weeks. Oh the agony of waiting. My patients has been up and down over the last year plus during this process... This week is a hard week. The leaves are changing colors here and I so wanted to take family pictures, with our WHOLE family, in the beautiful changing colors of the outdoors. I typically do this every year and was really hoping to have another face in the pictures for this year. I never imagined that we still wouldn't have her home by now. My heart is aching for word from Rwanda... a picture... a something. I realize that this is a match made in heaven so I will wait for heaven's timing.

rainy day

The weather has been great here the last few weeks. Saturday was a rainy day and the kids had a blast playing in it!

No adoption news... I was laying in my hammock the other day thinking how great it would be to take a nap in it while holding my baby girl. In time... in time...

chip in

You'll see we've added a new widget to our blog... many people have been asking about doing a fundraiser etc. etc. for the rest of our adoption. God has blessed us tremendously to be able to cover a lot of expenses through our own hard work and generous friends and family. We have just a little bit left on our tab at the agency and then travel for three :). If you have a paypal account chip in is a really easy way to make donations that are safe and secure with funds being deposited directly into our account. (And you get a receipt! :) )
We thought this would be a nice, no pressure way for people to give if they want to.

Thanks all!!!