God answers prayer

This morning in my devotions I read Proverbs 25. When I got to verse 25, I prayed, please Lord let this verse be a sign of something coming today. Proverbs 25:25 "As cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a far country."

I just got an email from Ann. She received our package. She sent us the two pictures and wrote that our package should be delivered within the next 3 days. This is such an answer to prayer. If you remember, we had mailed Ann the blanket in the picture to be included in a package. I mailed the package to her on September 8th. I was beginning to worry that our package had gotten lost. Praise God it finally arrived! Ann also translated a letter we sent her for Jonathan's foster family, she also included the toy truck and mooncakes. The mooncakes are in celebration of the Mid Autumn Festival that begins October 3rd. We had also ordered a boys shirt from Ann. Please note, the blanket we sent Jonathan is a Thomas the Tank Engine blanket (we have decorated his room in trains). Ann picked out a shirt for Jonathan with a train on it. How cool is that? Ann truly goes above and beyond in helping moms and dads start connecting with their children even before they meet.

God is so good. Knowing that Jonathan will receive these gifts in the next few days was the cold water that our weary souls needed.

I know some of you are wondering if we have any information on our Travel Approval. Without writing a book, we will suffice it to say that we have received some indications that would lead us to believe that our Article 5 was approved and is either on its way to or at the CCAA (which is where Travel Approvals are issued).

We continue to pray for a miracle that our Travel Approval will arrive in the next week so that we can be included in the travel group leaving Oct. 22nd. If we do not make that group we will most likely travel in November.