Thank You President Martelli!

Through this entire process there has been one major hurdle that we have known we needed to cross in order to have a successful adoption.  It was not a need to overcome the fear of the process.  It was not a need to bond to our girls.  It was not the need to raise thousand of dollars to get them home.  It has simply been a signature on a piece of paper.  Simple.  Well, the signature had to be on just the right paper, from just the right person.
Today, Friday, March 8, 2013 we were notified that the Haitian President, Mr. Michel Martelli, has agreed to allow us to adopt Sunshine and Sleyca.  We have received our Presidential Dispensation!  This requirement, though overwhelming to us, was not problematic for the God who has brought us down this road so far.  Shouts, tears, ice cream, and game night all celebrated this monumental event for us.  The girls are one step closer to coming home. 
Our hearts right now are seeking God and persistently asking him to get the girls to us in June of this year. Lord, our hearts ache for these girls.  Make them ours, and please bring them to our home.  Upon arrival, may it feel for them like their own home.  Would you grant us the desire of our hearts and bring these girls into your eternal family, and into our earthly family? Today in your word, Lord, you told me from Psalm 84 that 
 the Lord God is a sun and shield;

    the Lord bestows favor and honor;

no good thing does he withhold    from those whose walk is blameless.

Lord Almighty,blessed is the one who trusts in you. 

Father, please do now withhold good things from us and from the girls.