It’s OUTTA HERE!

As of this morning, our dossier is officially OUT OF OUR HANDS. Yes, this 3/4 pound pile of papers that has consumed hours and hours of our time and energies has now been entrusted to Fed Ex. Woah! Ok, so really, we’re entrusting it to our gracious and sovereign God who works all things together for good….so we have great hope and anticipation!!

Here is the remaining process as far as I understand it

Tomorrow: Our dossier is delivered to a courier in the DC area.
Wednesday: Our dossier goes to the state department in DC for authentication.
Thursday -Sunday: Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. Our dossier will probably be sitting on some official’s desk waiting for Monday.
Monday or Tuesday: Dossier is done making it’s rounds in DC (finishing off at the Ethiopian Embassy).
Wednesday or Thursday: Dossier is shipped back to CWA.
Friday: If funding is in place….Dossier goes off to Ethiopia and we go on the waiting lists!!!

So that’s a “perfect world” scenario – and we’re not completely expecting that…but would love it if you pray with us that God would send our docs through the system as quickly as possible!! I can’t wait to find out what “number” we are on each list. I know that the waiting will be SO HARD – but I am also excited to be done with one major chapter of our Ethiopian journey. Our hearts have only continued to bond with this baby we know so little about (like…are they born yet?) and our hearts are forever entwined with Ethiopia. It’s amazing how much God opens your eyes as he opens your heart to the gospel and adoption. We’re so thankful for our adoption into the family of God. We’re so thankful He is granting us faith to love like He loves. And now we’re so thankful to be one step closer to meeting Kopp Baby #3.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We have so much to be thankful for!!