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March 8th, 2005 Update
We are happy to announce that we are officially finished with our paperwork process for our adoption and have received all of our fingerprint clearances and background checks! On February 28th, we airmailed our final document to our adoption agency. The agency turned around and mailed it to the translator, meaning that all of our paperwork is in the process of making its journey to Kazakhstan.
In talking with the coordinators at our adoption agency, we have learned that our expected wait time is about three months. This means that as early as June, we could be making the long Journey to Kazakhstan to get our first child! We are incredibly excited and can’t wait to receive the call saying that it’s time to get on the plane.
We have really appreciated your prayers and support this past month! We’ve seen some awesome miracles. Most recently, we have been blessed by the rapid return of our INS clearance. Despite the estimated return time of up to three months, we received our clearance in only two weeks! This was the main hold-up we were worried about, but God worked it all out in His timing.
In addition, we have enjoyed befriending other couples who are also in the adoption process. We found out that two wonderful couples from our church have been filling out paperwork for their own adoptions. Mike and Jennifer are in the process of adopting domestically and Don and Sarah are adopting from China! (It will be great to have a bunch of adopted kids in our church nursery someday soon!) We have also enjoyed talking with Mike and Stephanie who are also adopting internationally (Kevin and Mike work together at the school).
We are constantly meeting other people who are interested in adoption. Sarah has been able to provide a large amount of information, recommendations and support to these individuals. In fact, we both feel that God will use us to promote adoption in our church and community. Sarah is also feeling called to minister to other woman by encouraging them in opening their hearts to adopting a child.
Please continue to pray not only for the child God has waiting for us, but also for our ability to share with others about what God is doing in our lives through this process. In addition, we ask that you continue to pray for God’s provision of the remaining funds necessary to complete the adoption. In an effort to raise some of this money, we will soon be having a few garage sales in Santa Cruz and in Sacramento.
Thank you so much for your continued thoughts and prayers! We are so grateful for all the generosity that has been shown to us

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