Great news on my birthday!

Yesterday on Monday I received a wonderful birthday gift....that our dossier had been submitted that very day in country and that it was accepted!! God is good! It is such a relief -- after having worked on that paperwork since October, having had to redo some things and then (after it was sent over) express additional documents overseas. Now we await for them to give us an appointment date, which is when we need to be over there and when we receive the actual referral for the child we seek to adopt. I've been told that it can take from 5 days to 3 weeks to hear of the appointment date...we're praying to hear quickly. One family only had 8 days notice before they had to be on a plane, another had 2 weeks, but it can often be longer. We are hoping to travel soon, around mid April, but we will see what the Lord has in store for us. While we wait, we are trying our best to prepare. We are excited that it is almost here!