March's Major Milestone

After early morning dentist appointments, we packed up and drove 90 minutes south to our state capitol, Richmond.  There, we found the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.  Her job was to place a seal on each of the documents that we will send to Haiti.  These documents have been assembled with care and precision to ensure that every questions that someone in Haiti might ask has been fully answered.  These papers prove that we are financially blessed, that we are a suitable home for you, that we are a family with a great support system, ans that this will be a wonderful place for you to grow up.  These papers are worth more money that you might think, and hours of effort.  But without that seal, they are useless.

As I sat down to write about this tonight, I realized that this is so much like what the Bible teaches us about the work of Jesus in lour lives.  In 1 Corinthians 1:13-14 it says

"And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth , the gospel of your salvation.  Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession-to the praise of his glory."

These papers with a fancy seal guarantee you a spot at our table, and a share in the inheritance Daddy and I leave behind, but they are nothing compared to the seal set upon us when we are sealed by our belief in Christ Jesus who is our salvation.  That seal will grant you an inheritance that you cannot even begin to fathom.


 I thanked God today as I drove to Richmond that we lived close enough that I could drive these documents in as opposed to mailing them off for authentication.  We loved exploring the Capitol while we waited for them to be completed, and we especially enjoyed having Nana meet up with us to share our excitement and to enjoy lunch with us.  These were our celebration cookies!!

As the kids waited with Nana after lunch, I ran in to collect paperwork.  Upon my return they were all enjoying this culture outside of the capitol building.  The text did not just speak, but screamed to me.  We had a neat chat about building bridges through adoption.

17 Dossier documents, notarized and authenticated!!

As soon as we were back in town we made all of the necessary copies and shipped the documents off to the agency for further processing.  We are one leap closer to holding our girls.