Almost done

We visited Grandpa Grimm over the weekend. He has been working hard on Abby's dollhouse since January and as you can see it is almost done.I am so thankful for all the time and energy he put in to it. I know Chuck does not have the time or patience right now to undertake such a project. As far as our dossier goes, our home study is supposed to be finalized today. Then it can be sent to immigration to process our petition to adopt an orphan from China. All our other paperwork has been sent to the adoption agency for authentication etc. Brandon will get fingerprinted again on Sept.15Th (his 18Th birthday). This time for the FBI clearance. Hopefully,the immigration part won't take a ridiculous amount of time as it sometimes does and we can get this all over to China soon. One day at a time,that's what keeps me sane :)

Happy Birthday Lian Qing( Abby-Grace)

Today is Abby's 5th birthday and though I am on a ship having my every whim attended to,I can't help but be a little sad when I think that there is a little girl in China turning 5 today(probably many)that has never had a birthday cake, or a present or people to sing to her. Today will be like every other day in the orphanage. Little does she know a half a world away her waiting family will be celebrating her and her birthday tonight. We will have cake,we will sing to her, we will give thanks to God that through his grace this will hopefully be the last birthday in the orphanage and that 1 year from now there will be a celebration all about her and the fact that she was born into this world matters. If you read this on her birthday, say a little birthday prayer that the adoption moves smoothly and quickly, our prayers are the best gift we could give her!