Speaking of the central approval, the law states they have
10 business days to complete this but apparently they have been taking a few
days longer. With this knowledge we have planned for me to travel early next
week to hopefully have a court date by the end of the week!
God is so awesome! It really was looking like a good
possibility that we would have to wait an additional 2-3 weeks for court and
that my husband would have to travel for the hearing. I was feeling discouraged
knowing that there are so many things I wanted to be home for with our new
little guy starting in July. Praise God this now seems very possible again!
However, I do have a friend in-country right now who has
been waiting WELL OVER the 10-business days for her central approvals. There is
a rumor that this problem may possibly be related to adoptions of older
"healthy" children, which our little guy is not, but there is always
a possibility that these delays could happen to us as well. We must continue to
pray.
Having thought I would end up having to wait a few more
weeks, I have been very chill about preparing to leave again, as far as making
and freezing up meals for my family in my absence. That takes a LOT
of work. Somehow I need to figure this out again, though I do not see a full uninterrupted
day ahead of me before I fly. :(
Tomorrow I will head to the Secretary of State Office for apostilles.
I never enjoy doing this 1.5 hour trek to the state capitol, hanging for 15-30
mins, then making the 1.5 trek back, and then rushing to the DHL office. There
are 2 documents that need to get a head start to my little guy's country for
the adoption process.
So my flights are booked and I am continuing to move forward
in faith...but we still need 12K to do this. What is left in our adoption bank
account will last me no more than 2 days! Of course 10K of that needs to be
ordered from the bank in advance in clean, crisp bills; this means that we need
the money NOW. I wish I could say that I am joyfully, skipping forward in
faith, totally trusting, but it's not so easy. I have anxiety that is currently
causing me a throbbing headache. Please pray for God's complete provision!
God willing, by this time next week I will be sleeping
peacefully (I hope) in my little guy's hometown; perhaps just a few hours later
I will head over to see my little guy and hug & kiss him like we've been
apart for year! And maybe, just maybe, by the end of the week, he will
officially be my son!! Please God, make the way!