So we received our new "official" waiting list numbers for the month! We are now #40 on the girls list and #18 on the siblings list. Since February, we've dropped 10 numbers for girls, and 2 numbers for siblings. What I love about these new numbers, is that our girl number was a direct answer to prayer. I was guesstimating that we were about 41 or 42, but a couple days before getting our new numbers, I was talking to God, and just said, "You know Lord, it would be really great if we could be #40..." and He answered! God is good, isn't He? He's listening people!!
The next great news we received on Friday, April 9 was our FDL (favorable determination letter)notice from US Immigration. This is our go-ahead and permission to bring an orphan/s into the United States.
Thank you Lord for such quick timing! We submitted our application for this around February 10, were fingerprinted at the USCIS branch office here in town on March 29, and then received our FDL on Friday! All in all, this only took 2 months, when average is 3 or more months. We are so thankful that we have this document in hand and won't have to worry about timing. The reason this is so important is because we need to have our FDL in order to be able to eligible to accept our referral when that time comes.
THANK YOU JESUS!
Hi there: We live in Grand Rapids, MI and we just accepted a referral of a little girl (five weeks old). It would be fun to connect sometime as we are not too far apart. Blessings to you on your journey.
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