This is another day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!

For those of you who are receiving this, I need to let you know that I am not supposed to be sharing the boys pictures, so I have deleted them from our blog for the time being.  That being said, if you are sharing the pictures with others, please stop at this point.  I am so sorry, but we overstepped our boundaries here, and I don't want to do anything to jeopardize our adoption.  Thank you for your consideration!  Michelle

HERE THEY ARE! ! ! ~~Today, we finally accepted the referrals for the two little guys that have been referred to us.  What do we say?  It is an exciting day~~  The oldest one just turned 3 in March, and the youngest one has a birthday in June.  He will be turning 2 years old.  So, do the calculations, and you will see that they are only 15 months apart in age.  Praise God! ! !  We had asked God to give us boys that were close in age, specifically a 2 1/2 and 3 1/2 yo, and then we were told by our adoption agency to expand the age range (for more options), so we did (18 mos-4 years).   Now here is God, sovereign as he is, giving us the delights of our hearts, and answering our prayers, giving us two little guys who were close in age as we originally stated that we wanted, and they will be close to 2 yo and 3 1/2 yo, and already brothers to boot.  It may sound like a  nit-picky thing, but it is what we asked God for.   Also, we asked for no major medical conditions, and from the medical reports that were reviewed by the 'international' doctor (one who helps in international adoptions, and reviewing int'l records, etc.), it looks as though these little guys are growing on target, and all of the bloodwork for them came back negative. There is nothing that looks long term problematic physically, which is the other thing that we had asked God to help with.  Now I say all that, realizing that these little guys have been abandoned by their parent(s), have lived in an orphanage for over a year, and will have some major issues to deal with in light of those situations.   We pray that God gives us grace as we learn to deal with the issues from that.                                                                                                                                                                  

So, next we will be getting our travel dates to go to Russia in the next 2-3 weeks.  We will get to go over and meet them and spend some time with them.  It is a scary time and an exciting time! ! ! Pray for the Lord to grant us whatever it is that we need for this time in our lives please, especially the final paperwork gathering that we will need to get together.  

Thank you so much for your prayers!  We are indebted to all who have been keeping us in your prayers, and we truly covet them.  They are much needed and appreciated as we grow through this process.         

Also, for those of you who have helped us financially, that has been a blessing to us, and we appreciate that more than you will know.  Please know that your support financially was more of a blessing for us in light of the decision that we have made, believing that we were following God's path for our lives. 

Thank you and may God bless you all in your paths! ! !  Diester and Michelle