Our agency called yesterday to report the arrival of our TA (travel approval) and today we received confirmation of our US Consulate appointment. Flights get booked tomorrow and it looks like we will be flying in and out of Newark and that Grandma and Grandpa will be watching the kiddos. Of course our Lake Champion family is going to lend a hand to make sure there's no mutinous activity and to give the grandparents some well-deserved breaks.
It's exciting to know that in about a month I will be holding my baby girl. I wish we could go tomorrow and at the same time I have a bizillion things to do. Wow this process has been such a roller coaster. Although I'm grateful for the personal growth (believe me it is needed...just ask Scott) I am ready for the adoption to be over. I'm ready to meet her, sign those papers, escort her through customs as she converts to a US citizen, introduce her to our friends and family, and tuck her safely into her crib. Don't get me wrong, I have realistic expectations. I know that the real challenges begin after "gotcha day" and that the refining process is only going to get hotter. But I'm ready to move onto that challenge because I believe in the power of faith and hope and repentance and forgiveness. I trust that these four concepts applied and clung to will get us through the hard times and in the end form a family. An imperfect one, but a strong and permanent one. So though I am scared and the journey is really just beginning, I am ready. Come on February 10th.
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.
Isaiah 43:4-6
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