What's next?

As you all know, we sent our dossier to Eastern Europe last month. It was then translated and submitted to the governing authorities. So what's next?

We wait.

The next step in this process is referral. As soon as we get an official referral we can begin making travel plans to go visit Miah for the very first time! Will you join us in praying for a quick referral? Please? We are unsure of when our dossier was officially submitted, but we are hoping for a referral by the end of the month. The time from dossier submission to referral can range anywhere from 3 weeks to 2.5 months, it seems. 4 weeks is the average from my little informal poll among friends. So we are shooting for 4 weeks. Which would probably be the end of January.

I course all of this is just wishful thinking and faith. We have no solid numbers to go by, so I'm just guessing here.

I can say that we will probably travel in February or March. That's pretty certain I think. And I can't wait!!!

Everything is in Gods timing. We know that. While I'm praying for a quick referral, we know He is in control. My bigger prayer is that God is using this time to prepare Miah's heart to meet us and to prepare our hearts to know how to interact with her and connect with her during this visit.

I've been on my knees a lot lately. My stomach has been in knots a lot lately. Things are starting to become very real. This isn't a dream - it's really happening! We are getting closer to meeting our girl!