We have good news! The Decree was signed! We heard from Tatyana this morning that the prosecutors claims were declared invalid and we can finally move towards bringing Emily home! There is a wait period (very similar to the original 14 day mandatory wait from last November) and then they will be able to apply for Emily's passport, visa, and medical tests before she leaves Kaz.
We are waiting to make official travel plans until we hear more specific dates from Tatyana. She will be able to set-up appts on certain days, so we will wait to hear from her about that.
My sister, Jenny, returned home to Boston this morning to be with her family until we leave in a few weeks.
It feels good to have this downtime in order to prepare for the big trip!
Emily's 1st Birthday will be April 5th and we are planning on a big party, so mark your calendars now! We hope to be home with her by the last week in March. Our new place is coveniently located on a street with many hotels nearby (literally) so you are more than welcome to come and visit anytime to meet Miss Emily or just catch-up with us! We'd love to have you! (For those of you in Yuma, I realize that's a bit far just to "drop by!")
We are so grateful for this turn of events. Of course we wanted everything to turn out well, but in our "holding pattern" we were fully prepared for whatever the Lord intended on this long adoption journey. We have learned so much about waiting on the Lord and trusting His perfect timing. It seems that every chance we get in life, we try to make our plans the way we think things will work out best (usually to our advantage) and here we've had so many chances to learn that God's timing is always perfect and His plan is always best. Even when it's NOT to our advantage in some ways- it's still GOOD. I think I have enough material for my book now. :) Thanks, God!
All Glory and Honor Be HIS forever and ever AMEN!
The Abes- almost complete with Emily...
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Yeah!!! Amen!! God is good! (No matter what, He's good, but we can especially praise Him when He brings about these blessings! :) ) I'm so glad you'll probably have Emily before her first birthday. That will be so special!
I am so happy! You have really been in my prayers! It's amazing what obstacles pop up when we are trying to do what we feel is God's will! He finds a way to knock them down every time! Hang in there! John Allen and I are looking forward to coming to see all four of you someday soon!
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