The Light at the End of the Tunnel

We can see it! The finish line is not too far away. We have officially finished our home study and are only 3 documents aways from finishing our dossier. We feel so grateful for the smooth journey thus far and cannot thank God enough for His blessings throughout this process. We have thoroughly enjoyed working with AWAA and adore both our social worker and family coordinator. We appreciate all of you who have been praying for us!

Next steps:

  1. Finish and submit our dossier (hope to have this checked off our list by the New Year)
  2. Pray everything is received well in India and properly processed/approved
  3. Receive a log in date (officially in the India international adoption database and in line for a referral)
  4. Wait, wait and wait some more (the referral for a child could take a few months to multiple years)
Please pray for:
  1. Diligence and care as we finish the last few documents
  2. Favor over our dossier as it travels to Virginia and then to India (we will be mailing original documents)
  3. Patience as we wait for a referral
  4. Blessings over India and their international adoption process, especially in the area of efficiency 
  5. God aligns every detail so that we are matched with the precious child He wants us to love and raise 
Thank you all for your love and support! We love you!

Comments

  1. AmyDecember 7, 2013 at 10:23 PM

    yay! so glad I found this!! Sounds like everything is going smoothly. . . so thankful for that! happy you like AW! so, who is your family coordinator?? (just curious) :)
    -Amy Woodruff

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