Guardianship granted

We have been granted guardianship of Briana!! Finally the day is here! Our agency estimates that we will travel late January to get her. With all the trouble in Mumabi, David and I don't know if both of us will go or just him. Please keep us in your prayers as we get ready to go to India!
Blessings,Jill

NOC approval

PRAISE GOD! We have our NOC!!! We now wait to pass court and then ICPC then it will be off to India to get our daughter. Our agency said to anticipate 9-12 weeks for court and another 6 weeks for ICPC before travel. So we are looking at Feb. 2009. But I know God can work adn make things happen quicker if He wants to. I would love to go over Christmas break and take all the kids, but we will just have to wait and see what happens. But I am thankful for the great news we received today.
Jill

Still waiting to hear about our NOC. Our agency says that our case will be reviewed soon and we will have an answer very soon. We continue to pray that we will receive a favorable response. We want to get Briana home soon.
Jill

We found out on Tuesday that we were denied clearance to adopt Briana from CARA. Th denila is because we already have 4 children in our family. This was very upsetting to our family. Later in the day I talked in length with our agency and it was expalined to me that we are not the only family that this has happened to. That was a relief. We have sent a letter to CARA asking them to reconsider their position and hopefully we will get a favorable decision soon. I cannot for the life of me fathom why they would want to leave Briana in an orphanage with 200 or more kids, than allow her to have a family with 4 other children. We are praying hard that God will just intervene and birng our daughter home. We truly believe that this is a God thing and that she is meant to be with us. We hope to have Good news very soon.
Pray for us.
Jill

Today i start our blog. This has been another journey of faith for me. The waiting seemms unending at times. God reminds me everyday that he is still in control and to just TRUST Him. I am doing the best I can. It has been about 4 months since all ofour documenst arrived in India. We are still waiting to hear if we have our Non objection clearance yet from CARA in India. Once we have that, then everything goes to court and we wait once again. Adoption is certainly not for the impatient. I just can't wait to get Briana here with us. It is hard to imagine not ever having a family to call your own in 8 years! I just pray that she is excited as we are for her to get here. Please pray for us as we wait. Pray that God will prepare Briana's heart for what lies ahead.
Thank you.
Jill