Dossier Sent

Well, I sent the dossier today. (These are the formal docs like birth cert, marriage licenses, docs notes, employment letters, police records, etc) Now we are playing the waiting game for a govt. paper. It is a little piece of paper called the I-171h. This little paper from immigration takes about 4-6 weeks to process. It is a frustrating little piece of paper, because you can't move forward without it. Although, I do pretty well waiting for things that are not in my control, I lose my patience when it is me or Mark that is causing the delay, because some things are out of our control and others we can control deadlines. This is all an interesting process and I know will TOTALLY be worth it.

The forum that I participate in for adoptive parents from Vietnam is just hopping right now. Several people have received referrals (children) and a few have received the dreaded I-171h. So the process is moving along. On Thursday, we will have been waiting officially 2 weeks for the dreaded piece of paper, so with school starting, the wait won't seem so bad. I will be busy. Plus, I have the attitude that if we are in a paper wait or other delay, I really feel like God is in control right now and if he delays the paper work, it means we need to wait for the child that is meant for us. This is the first time that I have felt this strongly about all of this. I feel like for the first time, I have totally turned it all over to God. I haven't even been stressing about the money, and those of you that know me....know that is a BIG step for me. I don't like debt. But I am doing ok so far, things have been working out for us. I got a pay raise, so that will help and little things like that. Again....God's handiwork. So everyone just keep us in your prayers.