Thank You and More Answers

First of all thanks everyone who has been and are praying! And thank you to Lynn for always being so faithful in praying for our family! Lynn started praying for us and for Chloe back when Chloe was in the hospital being treated for Leukemia. She continued to carry our family in prayer through the loss of Chloe and throughout both of our adoptions. She's just a really special person and dedicated prayer warrior. We really appreciate her prayers and the support that she has given us through out everything. What is even more special about Lynn is that we were complete strangers to her when she started praying for us. But that didn't matter to her. She saw a family in need and unselfishly dedicated her time to write encouraging comments and to pray for us. We have never met Lynn and only know her through the comments she has left for us on Chloe's journal at Caring Bridge and on here. Lynn, we just want you to know how much we appreciate you and for all of your support, the love, and dedication that you have offered our family. The scriptures you have left have also really spoken to me at numerous points through all of this. I always look forward to seeing your comments and it is so awesome that you are still here! :) We are so thankful for you!! Thank you so much!!

And now to answer your questions.

Q: So how long were you there last time? I can't remember.
A: It was right at 5 weeks, give or take a few days.

Q: Any chance you'll be home for Christmas?
A: Unfortunately not. I'm hoping we'll get a court date by Christmas, but
even if we do we will have to wait 10 days before we can begin to get her
passport, new birth certificate, and visa to come home. I am guessing that
we'll be back toward the last two weeks of January. But from what I understand
they celebrate Christmas in January over there and I'm not sure if that may slow
things down for us. I have been told that Dec. and Jan. are the worst times of
the year to go adopt due to their holidays. But we shall see. :) I'm praying it
will go fast because I really want to be able to get back to John Paul ASAP.

And thank you MamaPoRuski for the compliment on our blog! I'm glad you like it. I took the top picture of Dasha in April and she just happened to have Christmas lights on her sleeper. Maybe God was trying to tell me she was going to be our Christmas present? :) Thank you for your prayers as well!