Oh Happy, Happy, (Birth)Day!

Tuesday, October 1st was the big day!  Matt turned 30!  He ushered in his thirties with the completion of our home study education.  We spent the evening at class and then returned home for a birthday dessert.  The classes were the last step in our home study process.  Now, we are waiting for our home study to be approved by both of our agencies and Illinois DCFS.  We are praying it will take about 2-3 weeks.  After that, we can submit our immigration paper work.  Once we receive our 797, we can submit our dossier to China.  (Let me translate---the paper work continues!)

On Wednesday, October 2nd, we received word that our Letter of Intent was uploaded to the CCCWA.  Our little guy is officially on hold for our family!!  What joy it was to see "Congratulations Marquette Family" in my inbox.  This called for a celebration!  We took the kids out to eat at Applebee's to honor the occasion.

 

The week was capped off by this on our agency's website!

 

 

That's right, sweet boy.  You have a family!  We love you and pray for you.  We are coming! 

 

Dear Lord,

We pray that you protect our sweet boy.  May he be well cared for and have good health.  We pray our paper work will continue to process quickly.  We know that You have Your hand in this whole process, Lord.  We thank you for calling us to China, to Ji Chun.  In your name, Amen.