Final Travel Call

Well today was our final travel call with the agency to hammer out the last details and questions of the trip. It was really encouraging and I am completely amped to be on a plane and off to meet our little girl. It is only a week from tomorrow a.m. that we will be doing just that. Most everything is ready. I am thinking of taking our bags over to the vets office to weigh them on their super cool scale. We do want to be under that 44 pound limit with some room to spare so I probably could get away with our regular old bathroom scale.
The past few nights I have been sleeping really deeply. Perhaps my body is gearing up for what is to come. I am very thankful for it as last week I was finding myself laying awake imagining where Ella might be, what she might be doing, who might be caring for her. My waking thoughts are certainly occupied with much of this throughout the day, but I am thankful for rest- not usually my strong suit.
Please continue to pray for our little girl. Pray that we will bond quickly and that we will know best how to help her through this transition. It can be hard to imagine that the conditions and circumstances she is living in could be preferable to what we will offer her, but they are all that is familiar to her. What we so eagerly anticipate will be a very difficult day for her. Pray that God will grant her and us the grace to make it through the difficulties that lay before us and that she will quickly grow to trust us and to see that we truly love her. It is a good, although still inadequate example for us of God's love for us before we ever loved Him. I already love that dear little one fiercely and grieve for her loss even though we have yet to meet. Our God is so good.