Happy First Birthday Baby Girl!

A sweet memory was made today. Our oldest made a very berry pie in honor of our wee one's first birthday and all the children sang Happy Birthday to her. Amazing to see how they love someone so much they have never seen. Reminds me of the love we have for Christ.

Second Birth Mother Interview is Scheduled!

We are happy, but cautious, to report that McCaule's birth mother interview is schedule on July 2, 2008. We've been waiting for this for about 3 weeks.

Our facilitator and her boss will be in-country at the time of this interview to visit all the babies and all the attorneys. Maybe we'll get a new picture of the girls :)

Please be in prayer that the interview takes place without incident and that our file is released in a prompt manner. We really would like to have these babies home by summer's end. :)

Talk about Picky...

We received a rejection from USCIS of our updated home study last Thursday (June 19) because the Social Worker stated that she "recommended" us instead of "recommended and approved" us to adopt. I was so amazed that they would reject based on one word.

Any how, our social worker is making the correction and we hope to have the report mail out by Wednesday. Just a little frustrating.

Here's another picture of the girls from our trip...

Latest Joint Council Post... Encouraging

June 6, 2008

Joint Council is pleased to announce that PGN has released approximately 230 adoption cases today. At this time, there is no estimate of the number of cases with previos, versus the number of cases without. Upon the release of cases by PGN, Joint Council will be providing estimates of the number of cases without previos. Joint Council extends its appreciation to PGN for its release of these cases. We will continue to work with PGN and key stakeholders in Guatemala on the review of the adoption procedure.

More Positive News...

We have a missionary friend staying overnight with us who speaks fluent Spanish. We asked him if he would mind calling PGN and speaking with Jennifer about our file. He did call and found out our file has been approved and that our birth mothers interviews were scheduled for yesterday. One of the BM's was unable to attend due to work conflict (unable to get off). They said they should have completed the second interview by the 16th or 17th of June. We are very excited with all of this news and thankful for the Lord's provision of a Spanish speaker in our home to help us out.

We now pray that the interviews go without a hitch and our babies file can be released from PGN.

A Family Photo