A L L E L U I A ! ! ! ! !

Our homestudy arrived on Thursday and the immigration form was filled out and ready to ship right back out on Friday!!!!!

THANK YOU GOD!!!!

Off to graduation!!! YAYYYYY GOD INDEED!!!!

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Let's Roll!!

He's So Good!! Over and Over and Over...

You've been praying for us, haven't you?? Just admit it... you can't deny it... it's quite obvious!!

I'd just been discussing with a friend God's plan and His proving Himself faithful over and over again... and His not yet revealing how He's gonna pay for all this... and...

I gotta give you this praise report (since you're praying :)!!

Just as we're expecting our HS this week (please Father), and therefore needing big bucks for USCIS (immigration - the other long wait in the paperchase)... and not knowing where it was going to come from... I get an email from my boss. Way back in Oct/Nov my employer promised our team a bit of a bonus for allowing them to use our résumés for a contract proposal... long story, but it was first brought up way back, and of course, we'd heard close to nothing since. Mind you, the whole team - myself included - was hoping it would be here for Christmas... but as usual, He had a better plan. :o) Instead, it'll be here at exactly the time we need it for the next big adoption fee!! After taxes, it should be just about EXACTLY the right amount for USCIS... and it'll be in THIS paycheck!!!!!!!! Is He AWESOME or what!!?!?! As always, He's RIGHT on time and He even covered the taxes!!! Ephesians 3:21 all the way, baby!!!

How in the world, after so very many examples of His faithfulness along this journey (since June 2000), could I have possibly even wondered?? Over and over, He's faithful and He's right on time!! Over and over, He brings me to tears with His grace and mercy and His AWESOME plans!!! Over and over!!!

We leave for CO on Sat. :o) ... your prayers are welcome... as are your prayers that we actually get our homestudy in time to process it and send it back out to the USCIS before we go.

Thanks for praying - Let's Roll!!

Is it soup yet???

So I keep hesitating to post because I just know that at any minute now we'll have our homestudy in our hot little hands and be able to post an Alleluia!! post... but as of yet, we're stilllllll waiting for it. We've seen the draft (yayyy!), sent changes we thought appropriate, and are now waiting for the final copy. We know it's in the works, and more importantly, we know Who's in control, but... your prayers are certainly appreciated. After the homestudy is complete, the other long wait is next - immigration (doesn't that just sound almost as much fun as a homestudy?). Thankfully, that's pretty much the last thing, so hopefully, we'll be ready to send it all off "soon".

We had a fund raising Premier Designs jewelry party the other night and so far, we've raised about half of Baby Benton's immigration fees (thanks ladies!!). Our kind friend Cynthia (aka "The Jewelry Lady") has twice generously donated most of her profits towards this, and she's almost as excited about the prospect as we are. If you missed it and want in, just let me know. :o)

Some exciting news, Johnny is DUN with classes and has his LAST exam today!!! It's a doozie - astronautical engineering (gulp) - at 6:30pm Colorado time tonight, so please pray for him. He's got a 'B' in that class right now and has worked really hard!! Then graduation is on Wednesday, 5/27, and the girls are counting down the dayz. We're all so excited to be going, and so blessed to have a whole entourage' of extended family going as well!! We're so stinkin' proud of that boy, it's hard to stay biblical.

Tamra graduates this weekend :o) and shhhhh... a certain cadet plans to slip into town (since his classes are finished) and join in the festivities. He'll likely surprise his little sibs in the process and that'll be fun!!

Wedding news - the date has been set (9/26, unless AF says otherwise), the dress has been chosen and fitted (she's so beautiful), the location has been chosen, and I'm sure 100 other details that I'm not yet privy to have already been set in motion too. Now, if we could just get his graduation announcements out before the wedding invitations... haha (sniff, sniff).

Ok, Let's Roll!!