stamp of approval: dossier acceptance!

good news came down the pipeline yesterday: our agency's corporate office received our completed dossier and EVERYTHING PASSED INSPECTION!
*happy dance*
*high fives all around*
another item checked off the list.  PRAISE GOD FOR HIS FAITHFULNESS!

as we've mentioned before, adoption is the land of "hurry up and wait."
there are gobs and gobs of things going on under the surface for us right now...you know, the duck that's all peacefully gliding across the water while its little legs pumping crazy, chaotic fast underneath?  that's us right now.  *grin*
we'll be sharing more over the next few days, but in the meantime, would you please pray for our family?

romans 5:3-5 is very clear about God's purposes for our life during difficult, tiring, stretching, exhausting times:
"we REJOICE in our sufferings, know that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because GOD'S LOVE HAS BEEN POURED INTO OUR HEARTS through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

we also wanted to share a very very cool video called "i like adoption."
watch it and have some tissue in hand.  our favorite quote: "when you're adopted, your parents looked out at the whole world...and picked YOU."
i like adoption.