Tuesday, July 5, 2011

TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!

Tomorrow we will be headed to Moscow...I can't believe it! It's been exactly 2 years & 4 months since we started this process to adopt our son. I am a HUGE mix of emotions right now. I am SO EXCITED to finally be at the end of this process & get our baby, but my heart is SO HEAVY that we have to leave our other 3 kids for so long. They will be in excellent care & will have so much fun with the babysitters, but we have all ready had some emotions. That's to be expected, of course. The longest we have been away from them is 2 weeks...this trip is about 4 weeks. I'm hoping I can keep it together tomorrow when we say goodbye. Thank goodness for Skype!

I've been thinking back over this process & how so many things have been exactly the opposite of how we had planned or imagined. We expected an 18 month-2 year process. We were told to expect an older child in our age range & were prepared for a 4 year old. We thought we had the finances figured out so many times & then God had a different plan to provide. We thought we would have our referral by Christmas 2010. We thought we were taking the kids on the first trip. We thought our luggage would make it with us on first trip. We thought we would be back in Russia within 6-8 weeks after first trip. We thought we would have more than 10 -12 days to plan for each trip. HA!!! All of those things that we "thought" we had control over turned out so differently, but it's been exactly how it is supposed to be. We have been reminded over & over again that we have the priviledge of being a part of this, but all is happening according to God's greater plan. That's pretty crazy to think about....we wouldn't change a thing :)

So, we'll see what the next 4 weeks have in store for us! We begin the adventure tomorrow afternoon and arrive in Moscow 15 hours later. That's one long flight! We appreciate all of the prayers & support from all of you. PLEASE pray us through the next month!! We'll update as much as we can & will post MANY pictures of our new little guy as soon as we are allowed.

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