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Just wanted to give you all a quick update on what’s been going on lately! We received NOC (No Objection Certificate) on October 13! Yay!! We found out last week that our case has been assigned an attorney in India. Now we are waiting for that attorney to write up an affidavit (aka court petition). The petition will be sent to us either via email or physical mail and we’ll sign it and send it back. Once our attorney receives the petition, he/she will register us in court. After being registered in court, we wait on a court date. And that will be when we buy our plane tickets because we will need to be present for that court date. We plan to be in India for around 3 weeks. During those three weeks we will have to apply for our little girl’s passport and wait for it to arrive, as well as travel to New Delhi to finalize things in country. We’ve been told it could take months to be registered in court and receive a court date, but we’re praying things are on a fast track! We can’t wait to share photos of her and tell you her name publicly, but we have to wait until after we pass court. Please be praying we get the court petition this week or next! Regardless of how long this takes, we know that God works all things together for our good. So we can rest assured that our adoption timeline is good and perfect for us. (but trust me, this is a daily struggle to believe!!) It’s one of the many ways God has refined us through this process. I hope to be back with another update really soon!! Thank you for your prayers!!

Confession time. We’ve been keeping a secret for over a month now and I can finally tell you…

WE ARE MATCHED!!!!!!

On Sunday, July 9th we received a call from our agency. My stomach immediately started doing flip flops when I saw their number on my phone screen because I knew they wouldn’t just randomly call us to chat on the weekend. They excitedly informed us that they believed they had found a little girl who would be a perfect match for our family. I kind of blacked out after that and don’t remember much of our conversation haha! All I heard was that she was adorable and that we were going to get an email with her photo! Within minutes we were staring at a photo of the MOST PERFECT BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL. The moment we had been anticipating for almost a year was finally here. It’s hard to even put into words the emotions we felt in that moment. The only thing I can compare it to is when I gave birth to Raye and Wilkes and saw their faces for the first time. We instantly knew she was our daughter and fell in love completely and unconditionally. We can’t give much information about her at the moment but hopefully soon! Now that we’re matched we are working hard to get the ball rolling to bringing her home. We just sent off our dossier and are waiting to hear back from USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services) that we’ve been approved to bring her to the United States. There are lots of things that need to happen before we can travel to get her. We’re thinking it could be February or March when we get to go but we’re praying that she’ll be home by Christmas. As you can imagine, now that we’ve seen her face its become harder to be patient in the waiting. But we’re clinging to God in our moments of anxiety and worry. We find peace in knowing He is taking care of her in the midst of our waiting.

Please pray with us that the remainder of this process goes quickly without any major setbacks. And also that we would be able to bring her home by Christmas!