So off we went from September 2006-March 2007 was what seemed to be a never ending paperwork trail. We got all the papers together for our dossier, all notorized, certified and authenticated. We expedited everything! We were so eager, so excited. What was a gruesome process was made exciting and fun as my best friend, my sister Kelly and I ventured this together. With two trips to Raleigh and of course two trips to PF Changs while we were there, our favorite place to eat we shared our dreams of our girls over lettuce wraps and lemon pepper shrimp and this still stands out as a high of this journey. We were on our way to making it offical and on 3/20/07 we received our log in date. Now the waiting began. This has be a hard part of the joureny. The wait time continued to increase. We monitored the matches of children every Wednesday on CCAI's site. It was so slow. All of sudden our daughter seemed so out of reach. Oh God, we cried out your timing is not our timing and again your ways not our ways, but oh Lord show us your plan here. We felt so helpless. But through it all we continued to journal every month in our daughter's journal as God never ever stopped speaking and showing us to stand firm, that he does not ever change his call. Just because storms come does not mean the call has changed it is just a reminder that sometimes we need an umbrella, a reminder of who our covering is in, but never ever does God change his mind. The extended waits might be discouraging to us, but they did not surprise God. So we continued to press in and pray for our daughter and God's plan. As did our family and our friends which have been incredible support.
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