WOW, WOW, WOW!!!!!! This morning I woke up at 4:15 to shower and get ready to drive a student across the state for an FCCLA meeting. It was early and my brain did not want to be awake. I didn't have much time but, I decided to quick check my email while my hair dried for a few minutes. So, at this point its about 4:30 am....
and the first item in my inbox said
"Clearance-Roth".
Honestly, I didn't believe it at first. I opened the document, scanned the info and read the very bottom. In red it said
"we are currently scheduling appointments after September 19th".
WOW! There it was- that's all it took. Someone to send a simple little email saying- ok, come get him. It was profoundly simple yet our journey of getting to that simple little email has been much more than simple.
Keep in mind, its now about 4:31AM..... I immediately literally ran across the living room, up the stairs and crawled into bed alongside Wes who was peacefully sleeping away. As he kind of half woke up I nudged him and said... "We get to get him. We got our clearance, we get to go get him!" That got his attention : ) So there we were at 4:32am laughing, crying, rejoicing and praising our Lord! Truly, the BEST news ever!
Oh, what a glorious day it has been! A day that sometimes didn't feel much like a reality and honestly, it still doesn't fully seem real that our 'next steps in our adoption' list has nearly vanished.
As of right now- the general plan is that we'll fly out next Thursday afternoon, arriving in Ethiopia on Friday night. We'll pick him up from the orphanage on that Monday, attend Embassy on Tuesday (which just happens to be my sister's birthday-complete amazingness!) and be home to Rapid that Friday or Saturday. Saturday, October 1st is my Mom's birthday- wow, this is going to be fun : )
Again, we absolutely can not thank everyone enough for all their prayers for Kaleb and our speedy process. We are truly amazed at God's work in bringing him home so quickly. To Him be the Glory, its simply incredible the things He has done!
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." - James 1:17
Simply said, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow". We are looking so forward to holding dear precious "Kaleb" in our arms when he arrives at the Rapid City Airport on whichever day God has chosen that to be. Love to the "Roth Family"!! What a journey this has been! Love, Mom & Dad (Kaleb's Grandparents)(Kaleb, someday you will be able to read about your journey & how much we looked so forward to this day that is soon to be! Love ya, Kaleb!)
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm so excited for you!
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