Ray is fortunate that I enjoy paperwork and also *love* being organized!! *laugh* So all he has to do is show up where he is supposed to and sign on the dotted line! Yesterday, I picked Ray up from his job site and took him into town. He went to get his fingerprints taken and then had his passport pictures taken.
Then it was off to see our pastor to have him sign all the papers and the photos. Those will go off as soon as we get them back from him.
Today I packed up the fingerprints in an Express mail envelope and wrote INTERNATION ADOPTION in large, red, bold letters across the front. We had been advised to do this in the hopes it greases the wheels at the police services office at the other end! They say it will be 2-4 weeks before those are back.
I also had to run back to the accountant today to pick up business statements and given there was a date error I will have to run back there again tomorrow, and then the financial part will be done. Then it is simply a matter of putting it in the dossier envelope and waiting to mail it off with the rest of the papers.
We will probably be waiting for about four months before the dossier can be mailed off to Kidslink, as we have to get the homestudy done first. That is the longest part and that doesn't even begin until the 28th of July
This morning when I was having a moment of doubt - (boy! I hate it when it happens!) I read "Streams in the Desert" and got this:
"Unbelief sees God through circumstances as we sometimes see the sun shorn of his rays through smoky air; but faith puts God between itself and circumstances, and looks at them through Him."
I have to remember this when I think of those prayer requests - they could be mountains or they might be molehills. I just need to remember to believe!
Then it was off to see our pastor to have him sign all the papers and the photos. Those will go off as soon as we get them back from him.
Today I packed up the fingerprints in an Express mail envelope and wrote INTERNATION ADOPTION in large, red, bold letters across the front. We had been advised to do this in the hopes it greases the wheels at the police services office at the other end! They say it will be 2-4 weeks before those are back.
I also had to run back to the accountant today to pick up business statements and given there was a date error I will have to run back there again tomorrow, and then the financial part will be done. Then it is simply a matter of putting it in the dossier envelope and waiting to mail it off with the rest of the papers.
We will probably be waiting for about four months before the dossier can be mailed off to Kidslink, as we have to get the homestudy done first. That is the longest part and that doesn't even begin until the 28th of July
This morning when I was having a moment of doubt - (boy! I hate it when it happens!) I read "Streams in the Desert" and got this:
"Unbelief sees God through circumstances as we sometimes see the sun shorn of his rays through smoky air; but faith puts God between itself and circumstances, and looks at them through Him."
I have to remember this when I think of those prayer requests - they could be mountains or they might be molehills. I just need to remember to believe!
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