From 2 to 4

Today we began to assemble the room across the hall for our girls! We have a long way to go before we have the house organized... arranged.., and all set up for the arrival of our kiddos-- but we are so excited to have these project ahead of us... will keep us busy for sure!

It was surreal sitting in their room today... Darren sitting on one bed, and me on the other....talking about what bed each girl would choose... their little Clifford dog's (purchased by Auntie Tania & Uncle Dana... Meghan & Olivia)... sitting on each bed... we will be turning our house from a two person home to a lively- exciting- house of four!!!

Frustration and Longing

We are still waiting for our Dossier to finish up the process stateside! Two weeks ago today our documents were mailed to Washington D.C. for the authentication process. We have not heard back as to the status of that. After this step, our documents go back to Austin, TX.... then hopefully very quickly off to the orphanage in Haiti... THEN... our POA presents them to the IBESR (Haitian Social Services) for acceptance..... then we can travel!

This week is the family bonding trip that we hoped to be on. We are so excited for the families that are over in Port-au-Prince spending time loving on their kids... but our hearts hurt that we are not there with our girls! The next family bonding trip is the first week in December, so our prayer now is that God would open the floodgates for the finances to come through for the trip and for our documents to get moving and to the point where we have the invite to travel for that next trip. What a wonderful Christmas gift that would be!!!!