Article 5 Wait

     We had such an amazing, uplifting weekend. We were able to attend a travel meeting at our adoption agency on Friday. It really put things into perspective and made this journey of paper work seem as though it just might come to an end. It also made it very difficult to go shopping afterwards. When you have been talking about sick babies, abandonment, malnourishment.... It makes buying a $10 lotion not so much fun anymore. When you really stop and think of all the stuff we have and don't need, it kind of makes you sick. I look at the pictures of Ella and she is laying on WOOD! Oh for the love. We worry about the thread count of our sheets. I won't get on that soap box.

      On Saturday, we attended the Alabama game... we won't talk about that. We also had an opportunity to spend time with dear friends! We ended the night with prayer for Ella and our family in the A club room at the stadium. Wouldn't have seen that one coming in a million years.

      Last night we attended the 10th Annual Lifeline Banquet. It was awesome to see how God is working all around the world. Lifeline is a wonderful organization and I am so happy they helped in bringing our Ella to our family. It was also neat to meet others who have walked in our shoes and also meet those who will come after us. One thing was very evident at the banquet, Christ was the center of it all. It was awesome to be in a huge banquet room full of people who share the same desires. Christ being first and center in our lives and through Him we become His hands and feet in orphan care. If you have time visit www.lifelinechild.org.

     So we are waiting on Article 5. Honestly, I really don't know what it is but I know we are waiting on it. ;) It will be picked up on November 26. However, the amazing Karla is working on getting it expedited so we need prayers that it will be approved. Once it is approved we will wait on Travel Approval and then the Consulate Appointment. Then we get my visa, book a ticket and go. IF everything went perfect we would be there and back just in time for CHRISTMAS! Please, pray this works out. I really want to be back home for Cooper and Avery. Christmas is also about family and I want to be home as a family of five on that day!