LOA!!!!!LOA!!!LOA!!!!!

I am ECSTATIC to announce that, after only 44 days of waiting, we received our LOA today!!! This is one step closer to getting our Zoey!! My agency said it will be 11-15 wks before travel, which makes it around Nov.
I HAVE to tell you how God worked in all this because we KNOW that He's the one that planned this from the very beginning. These are all the things that happened between last night and today that if ppl can't look at this and say it's ALL GOD, then we would REALLY need to talk!
1. I had a dream that a Chinese lady brought Zoey to me. She got out of the van, walked to me and hugged me...all the while smiling. I remember just holding her the whole time in my dream. She looked older than I expected, but her body was TINY!! I can still feel holding her!!
2. My best friend had a dream last night also, that she and another woman, were on a beach and opened a huge shell, and a Chinese baby girl was in it. (I have always thought we would travel in Nov and maybe around Thanksgiving and have said that from the beginning but I see how it's sooner!!!YAY!) anyway, my friend was taking care of that little girl and was on the Islands during THANKSGIVING!!!
3. We were at a redlight today, and Anthony looked down and said, "Look, we just passed 177,777 miles. For those of you who don't know, that's my favorite number AND the number of ppl that will be in my family when Zoey gets here. Well, in my mind I said, "Maybe that's a good thing and we will get our LOA today!"
4. My friend Mary calls me and tells me that she got her LOA today, also, RIGHT as we were parking at the CHINESE RESTAURANT that we had already decided that we were going to eat at today!
5. As we were sitting down, I decided to open up my email on Anthony's phone (with MAJOR hope) and see if my LOA came in. While Anthony is PRAYING...the email opens up, and I Looked to see what it was doing (I know, I'm supposed to be closing my eyes!!) but I looked down and see....YOUR LOA!!!!
6. Today is also the 6 mth anniversary of my 2nd moms death!! Thank  you Mrs. Sheila...I know you had a smile on your face when God told you He was sending this to us today!!!

Now, I know that all of this might not mean much to some of you, but for me, this all means EVERYTHING!!! All the dreams, the praying last night (yes, I have been praying longer than just last night, but extra hard for "some reason" last night) my friends dream, the number on the odometer, being at a Chinese restaurant, and 6 months to the day that Mrs. Sheila died..this is only GOD! I know it was planned from the beginning of time, but all of these are ways that God showed off today! He has always shown off for our family, esp with these adoptions, and I am so glad that we have someone else besides ourself to trust in for our lives!

Thank you God for today! Thank You for once again showing that YOU are in control of all of this adoption process! Now, we I just pray for the rest of the process to be speedy, without any hiccups and that You show us where the rest of this money is coming from. You have always provided and I will not stress over the not knowing!! But show us comfort in this time and we will give YOU all the praise for everything you have done, are doing and will do in our lives! We love You! AMEN!

Hold on a few more months Zoey!!! We are coming!!!!!

Passports~

Went and applied for Anthony and Chase's passports today. Got them mailed off but forgot a piece of paper for Olivia's, so will have to do all that tomorrow! I am praying (and you please pray too) that we get them back in 3 weeks or less. We will apply for our visa's sometime after our LOA and we have to have them! So, one more step down to getting Zoey!Still waiting on LOA though!!

My beautiful Children

Our Zoey girl!

Cameron, Zackery, Chase and Olivia

Today makes day 40 waiting for our LOA. My agency says that we should get it in August, so today also marks the month that we COULD have our LOA! I am just praying that it comes before our 60 day mark, but there are no guarantees. Until I have better news, enjoy looking at all FIVE of my beautiful children! We are so blessed and can't thank God enough for HEALTHY children and beautiful children that we are VERY proud of!