Can You Pray?

I'm writing to ask all of you to please be in prayer for our adoption process over the next 24-48 hours. We received our Travel Approval this past Friday, and when our agency proceeded to apply for a Consulate Appt. (with the US Consulate in Gangzhou) we were told that there are no appointments available until October 14th or later. This is not good news, but not totally unexpected either, given the happenings in the adoption world currently. The director of our agency has asked the travel coordinator to forward all of our file to their China offices An employee there who lives and works in China for Living Hope Adoption Agency, will be taking our case in person to plead for the earliest date possible.

We are asking you to keep this employee in prayer today and tomorrow as this is significant for several reasons. First, it's much harder to turn away one family and one case with an official in person. Second, according to (what I understand about) adoption policies and in-country laws, we have a limited window of time to travel once we've received Travel Approval and too late in October might be pushing the limits. Third, and most importantly, we need our daughter home sooner than later, bonding and attaching to her "forever gang!" Finally, we have been praying all along the summer's journey that we be able to be home in time to introduce our daughter at my grandmother's pre-90th birthday party. The party is October 11th.

We should have an answer by Thursday. Please pray with us over the next couple days. God has moved so mightily on our behalf all along the way so far, and we continue to trust that He will be faithful to work out these details for the good of Aidan and her journey home to us!

Thank you so much.