So- our part is essentially done. Now we sit back and wait. We are working towards raising some more funds- we need to be ready to pay Lithuania $13,000 in the not-so-distant-future.
We have a rough time-line that is super exciting!
Our Dossier will arrive in Lithuania next week- yay!
In roughly 6 weeks we will receive a referral for, hopefully, our twins. We will need to submit a letter of acceptance. At this point we can start sending weekly letters and pictures- via email- to our new kids! We can even send them a care package!
After we accept the referral we will need to submit another form to US Immigration. Once we receive clearance from them, a court date in Lithuania is set. This court date will hopefully be in 2-3months after the referral. Once we have that date, we will know when we will travel. The plan is for us, Al and myself, to go to that court date and request that the judge waive the customary waiting period and allow us to bring the children home then.
The chance that our Christmas could be with FOUR kids makes me giddy! I would love to take Asher and Annalise to the playground where Al and I decided to adopt on THE day we decided to make this leap of faith. How cool would that be?
Please pray for us!
Pray that our documents arrive safely and are translated quickly.
Pray that we receive our referral quickly- and if the twins are not meant to be in our family that God would give us peace for that.
Pray that we would be able to soak-up these days with just Alden and Adeline.
Pray for Asher and Annalise to be healthy and accepting of us.
Pray for a compassionate judge to waive our waiting period.
Pray for us as we travel- it is ridiculously cold there in the winter.
Pray for my sister, Rebecca, who will meet us in Lithuania and help with Adeline and Alden and even travel back to the states with us.
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