Accepting Referral

It was hard to sleep last night- imagine that :0)

I got up very early and packaged all the info we had into an email and sent it to our international adoption specialist Doctor. He is Dr. Douglass from Cebarrus Pediatrics out of North Carolina.

I then got ready for work, and just after the office opened called them to make sure they had received the information. They normally take 24-48 hours to get back with you to set up a phone conference to go over a referral. I requested they call us back later in the afternoon- the same day!! I have such an urgency to bring Sergey home. The receptionist was very friendly, took my information and said she'd be glad to leave them a note, about calling this afternoon.

I finished getting ready for work, and was just about to walk out the door when the phone rang- the office wanting to know if 4:30 this afternoon would work for us...... God, you are overwhelming me. I don't even know the words to use to express how much your faithfulness and very real answers to our prayers means to me.

Work was pretty slow today- thank goodness!! My mind was halfway around the world, staring into the eyes of our child- "writing him on the tablet of my heart." Oh my- what a feeling. It is so indescribably incredible. Like sinking into a down comforter of God- with Him supporting, filling and carrying me. It is a beautiful cloud to bask in, let me tell you!!

When 4:30 rolled around, Tim and I were ready and waiting. We had all our referral information in front of us. I had even printed off the growth charts and charted Sergey's progress up to now. Dr. Douglass was great. He gave us a few impressions, and generalities about foreign adoptions, and then went, in depth, through all our paperwork with us. He was able to clear up a lot of info we weren't sure about, and give us other things to watch for, both now and down the road.

After giving us the time we needed to ask questions and answer, he prayed with us, committing it all to God's care. How awesome is that?

We have now officially filled out all the acceptance paperwork, and will send that in tomorrow morning. Look out, Russia- Here we come!!



Next call- Travel????? !!!!!