Christmas in Colombia?!

Yes, Yes, Yes...it is looking more and more like we will be celebrating Christmas in Colombia!! We just heard word today that we are 1-2 days away from receiving our Article 5. Our Colombian Representative, Isabel and Carmen, have been going to the US Embassy frequently checking on it in the last 2 weeks, and today it finally arrived in the processors hands! Isabel emailed me this morning saying "enjoy your Thanksgiving...and start preparing for a Colombian Christmas!" She would not say that if she did not feel confident we were on our way...With the Thanksgiving holiday it may not be approved and translated until next week, but, then it can go to Los Pisingos, they can approve it, and give us a travel date! So either the first or 2nd weekend in December is looking more promising for us to travel! We are beyond excited!! Tomorrow we are going to Chicago to get our visas and then head to St. Louis to spend Thanksgiving with our brother and sister-in-law!

It has been a ride...God continues to show us that He is in the details, even when things feel so out of our control (which they are), He cares for our girls more than we ever could, and He is never late...His timing always perfect! So, without a travel date yet, and without our final approval...we press on...trusting in the One who is orchestrating our way to our hijas...His girls...not early, not late...right on time! I can't stop crying tears of joy! Glory to His Name!