Sunday, September 22, 2013

getting closer. {an adoption update}

I've been wrestling lately with what to write about Lennox and this crazy wonderful forever-long process. There were a few months during the summer where we felt pretty hopeless about him even coming home by next summer. More changes in the process. New formulas they are using to configure quotas. Different hoops to jump through. 

However, here we are just a couple months away from the one year anniversary of receiving our boy's referral...of seeing him for the first time. And The Lord has filled us with a renewed sense of hope. We are very close to Lennox's file being prepped for EP processing. Just last week, the orphanage requested files with ATK's of mid-September through November 8. Our ATK is December 7, so we feel very confident that we will be included in the next batch to be requested. When this happens, the orphanage (Eastern) will begin going through our file, translating all of our documents, and preparing it to go through the Ministry and the courts. These requests have been coming pretty much every month, so we are praying that our file is requested sometime next month! I will definitely let everyone know when we are notified of this. Of course, the timeline is ever-changing, but once our file is requested we are looking at about 4-6 months of waiting before travel. I'll explain what all will happen during that time once our file has been requested. 

So, as you can see, we are very close to finally feeling like we are moving forward! The wait is far from over, but at last, we feel as though we are nearing the final leg of the wait. Now, more than ever, we covet your prayers as we near a very critical time in the process. 

We are deeply grateful for your faithfulness to love, support, and pray for this baby boy and our family. 

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