Referral!

Finally, the words we have waited to share for so long! Today, after taking care of the things our case worker at the ministry needed us to come and do, the Minister signed the referral our case worker wrote up. We were able to pick it up at the Ministry with a couple great friends who were also needing to be there and see our boy's face for the first time. Yippee!

We cannot yet share any details, we will need to wait until he is legally ours to do so. We can say that today after picking up our referral we went to sign our Act of Adoption, not even sure what that is :) Then we went to meet him for the first time at the orphanage, what a wonderful moment, so great after this long wait! We were surrounded by friends, which is just such a great blessing. He is a great little boy, in the age range we requested and was so very cuddly. We also requested our court date today but will have to wait until Mon morning for an answer. It was such a wonderful day, topped off with a second visit with our youngest son and a celebratory dinner with the group. All 9 families had a great day with new progress, Praise the Lord, He is good to us.

We are so very excited about meeting our son and looking forward to more visits this weekend, definitely praying for great progress on Mon. We just can't wait to take him home, but we are sure enjoying the wonderful friends we get to experience this all with and the time in this beautiful country.

Sheri