And We Keep On Keepin' On

Last night was our second homestudy with Lisa from BAF. We are so blessed to have her on our journey with us. God really has guided us through each step and we are plowing through our paperwork and all we have left for our part of the homestudy is our medical clearance and for our references to get their letters in. It's been a whirlwind of the past two weeks, but it is all for the sake of bringing our baby home as soon as we can. (On a side note, I apologize if I have seemed flaky over the past two weeks. My brain has been on overload.)
The homestudy will certify us to adopt in the state of Arizona, now we start the process of our dossier. The dossier is a collection of paperwork that we will then send to Ethiopia to be matched with our daughter!

Praises

• Praise that God guided us though our homestudy paperwork. Specifically, the autobiography was a huge challenge for me, but once I gave it up to God, I easily finished up the rest.
• Praise that documents have been returned quickly to us.
• Praise that Ethiopia had already become a part of our family. We checked out a book at the library and the girls are totally soaking up all the information.

Requests

• Pray for our daughter's birth mom. Though we don't even know at what stage our baby is at, we know that her birth mom must be experiencing something horrible that will cause her baby to become an orphan.
• Pray that God protects our baby in body, mind, and soul, regardless of what stage of development her body, mind, and soul are at right now.
• Pray that our dossier comes together as quickly and smoothly as our homestudy has.
• Pray that we have endurance for the paper chase.
• Pray that God provides the money to pay for our adoption.