Our dossier is on its way to China!  We are so thankful to have completed this step of the adoption process.  Please pray that it arrives safely and gets processed without problems.  Thank you for all of your prayers.  We know that our God is a God that answers prayers!



And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.  1 John 5:14-15

Signed, Sealed and Almost Delivered!

Our dossier is on its way to our agency!!  This is a huge step closer to bringing Micah home!

Since the last update, our documents have put on some miles.  First, they were brought to Secretary of State in Springfield, IL.  We were very grateful that all of our papers passed on the first try.  The only problem was that we made a mistake!  So, back to Springfield I went to have it re-certified. All was good until they made a mistake!  A third trip to Springfield in three days and all was good.  Next, our papers traveled to Chicago, IL to the Chinese Consulate.  We are praising God that they all passed at the Consulate, too.  Currently, the papers are being overnighted to our agency in Oregon.  They will look over our dossier and then it is on to CHINA!!!! (Then, the wait continues...)

At the Secretary of State office

 



 

50 pages + 61 photo copies on their way!

Mail

I have been running to the mailbox for weeks.  We were waiting for our last piece of paper to complete our dossier.  We prayed that our dossier would be complete by the end of the year.  In my mind that meant that it would be in China.  I was wrong and that is okay.  The paper came yesterday!!!!  You know when it was post marked?  December 30, 2013!!  Praise God for His faithfulness!  We plan to have it notarized this weekend.  Next week I will take everything to the Secretary of State for certification and then to the Chinese Consulate in Chicago for authentication.  Getting closer!!!