Paperssss Pleeeesssse

This morning was spent at the copy machine and the notary. We have been putting together our papers for our visa, as well as signing more "We won't sue you" kind of documents for our adoption agency, travel agency, modeling agency... Okay, maybe not the last one. It is amazing how much paperwork there still is. From what I hear, we have lots more to look forward to in China. Anyway, making copies hasn't been this much fun since that Saturday Night Live skit back in the early nineties. I will be sending everything off on Monday. It is a little scary to put your passport into the mail, but you do what ya' gotta' do to get a visa.

We did figure out a little bit more on Eliana's paperwork. It appears that she was found and processed into Xinyu SWI (the orphanage) at one week old- September 29, 2006. She was then placed in her foster home a week later on October 05, 2006. I am so grateful to her foster family for taking her in and caring for her all of this time. Please be praying for them as they prepare to give her to us- I imagine it is difficult to do even if it is understood from the beginning that the time will come. I am hopeful that we will have an opportunity to meet them and thank them in person, but I am very uncertain about that possibility. I also continue to pray for her birth parents whom we will never know. The fact that she remained with them for a full week before they determined they couldn't keep her tells me that it was a very difficult decision for them. Somehow, by God's grace, I pray that they will know that she is dearly loved and cared for across the miles.