Exciting news!!!

We received an email towards the end of October telling us we received approval from Colombia for our adoption! Our dossier had been approved. This is what we were waiting for. Wow, what an amazing blessing! From here, they estimated we would wait about 2-3 weeks for our files to be sent over and reviewed in order to match us with the little one we have been pursuing. This is the last big approval and would give us a time frame for when we would travel and complete our adoption.

Today while at work, my cell phone rang. It was an Alabama number. At first I thought that was odd, but I figured I should answer it with the chance it was our agency (based out of Birmingham). On the other line was our social worker and Andre on a three-way call. She told us that the little girl who we have been praying over, dreaming about, and planning for while trying to not hold our fingers too tightly, has been matched with us. We will be Maria’s parents! We can plan to travel in mid January to go meet and bring home our little girl! We are beyond excited!

I love all the little details God has worked out in bringing everything together for us so far. Today is our little one’s third birthday. What a gift that we received this news the day before and now get to celebrate, knowing this will Lord willing be our last separated birthday!! God is continually providing for us through our friends, family, jobs, and of course His timing. We would love your prayers for us, Maria, and all the folks facilitating the adoption! We are thrilled to keep you updated as we approach our travel dates and come home as a family of three hopefully in early 2019.