The all important paper
Tuesday our daughter Ciara found out that she has a job for the summer at Canine Country Club. Her first official job.
WE also found out this week that we are being reviewed for a grant from Adoptions from the Heart. Please be in prayer May 3rd that we receive this.
We were realizing that in order for us to be able to travel when we would like to that we needed our LOAs to come quickly. We were under the understanding that this probably wouldn't happen until after the CCCWA (Chinese government) got the copies of our authenticated paperwork.
Well to our surprise we got a phone call yesterday morning saying we have "soft" LOA for Chayla. This is the letter that we need from the CCCWA saying that they give us permission to adopt her. SHE IS OURS!
I read a post on one of my facebook groups this morning about weather adoptive parents "nest" like pregnant parents do? I would have to say a BIG yes to this. Nesting is a very human reaction to the fact that a child (children :) )is arriving and life is about to change. Somehow instinctively, we now that things need to be ready. That is the same, weather that child you are expecting grows in your body or in your heart. Adoptive parents definitely nest and they definitely have that drive to prepare for their child or in our case children. .
We have been preparing to repaint Ciara's bedroom and this week is when I really felt it was time to take the crib down in her room. This is the first in 19 years that it isn't set up. Kind of sad :( We also took down her rope bed to make room for a daybed and bunk beds when the girls come home. I sanded the bunk beds to paint when we do Ciara's room.
I have been sorting and cleaning out every dresser, corner and closet in the house the last few weeks. We are having a yard sale at my Mothers this Sat. and felt I need to just get everything sorted out and organized.
We have been BLESSED by friends with some clothing for the girls already so I went through all of them today and organized it by size.
Nesting? YES!!! :)
Ciara's room with no crib.
Sorting the Blessing of clothes for the girls.
All organized and ready!
We feel like we are just starting with the true labor pains of this adoption. We realize there is going to be a time where we are just so ready to "deliver" travel to meet them. Then we will have the "new baby" just getting to know them stage. Then we will have the "new parent" time to bring home and get acquainted and attached to each other stage. This will be the hard "labor pain" time. All of this before we can enjoy "the delivery" just being together. And just like with biological children there will forever be times of attachment, challenge, change, growth, flexibility, sadness, joy and love. We hope you will continue to remember us in prayer even when we bring the girls home because that is when the true "work" will begin. The fundraising was work but now we have two new daughters that we need to show love, patient, grace and how to be a family.
Prayer requests:
*That Callie's LOA comes today
*That they will now move the girls together in Callie's room since we have LOA
*That the orphanage will consider lessoning the second orphanage fee or even drop it completely
*That we can travel when we feel is best for our family
*That we can find plane tickets at a reasonable price
*That I can continue to keep everything straight with all the paperwork so we don't experience any more delays
*That this train keeps momentum and we can get to our girls quickly
*Wisdom on how soon after we have them home we need to get hem to doctors for their individual special needs
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