Movin' On Up

Well, here it is, we have been DTE (Dossier To Ethiopia) for 4 1/2 months now!  It has been a long stressful time full of highs and lows.  I know it has been awhile since my last update. We have celebrated each month with the boys, they get so excited when we tell them it's been another month.   The 4th of each month is a happy day in this house!!  It's really hard for the kids to understand the time frame but we just all have to remember it's all in God's timing.  That has been hardest part of this whole journey the "unknown".  The Ethiopian government has gone through a transition and it has affected the flow of referrals and the processing time has slowed.  We continue to remain as positive as we can as we wait for the day we get the call for our little girl.  We are slowly moving up the list, and are finally out of the 40's!!! Woo Hoo!!  We are currently 39th on the unofficial list and we are hoping to see some significant movement in the next few weeks.  As we slowly move up the list it still seems so far away, but we are faithful in His plans for our family!!  Even with the recent uncertainties we remain confident that this is where we have been lead and are eagerly awaiting adding our Ethiopian Princess to our family.

Dossier is COMPLETE!!!

Dossier is complete and arrived at America World this morning.  Next stop State Department and the Ethiopian Embassy.  Lord willing we will be DTE (Dossier to Ethiopia) on Friday, February 4th.  It seems like it has taken forever to get to this point, but we are finally here...now the really hard part begins...waiting.  We know that it will be awhile before we receive our referral, and that it is all in God's time.  We are just finally relieved to have the paperchase behind us and we are looking forward to the future God has planned for us with our daughter.  The daughter that He has chosen for us.  Everyday that goes by will be another day praying for Rayne!

Dossier almost complete!!!

We are getting closer.  Our dossier is almost complete.  We are waiting on 2 more documents and we will be done and one step closer to bringing home Rayne.  With the final 2 forms we will be able to mail off our dossier and get on the list for our little girl.  It has been a struggle at times but we know this is a long process and we just have to have patience and faith.  We know that the daughter God has planned for us will be OUR daughter and will complete our family.  So until then we will continue to be Praying for Rayne!