Ethan shared with us yesterday that after we say good night to him each night and close the door he prays that Jesse will be ours. I love his faith and dependence on God. We are now step closer to making sure that Jesse is ours.
Our paperwork returned from the Chinese consulate yesterday with all of the authentication needed! We quickly sent our now completed dossier to our adoption agency. However, due to the US Consulate in China moving and being in a transition stage, our dossier will not get reviewed until closer to August. However, during this transition time, we are now able to think beyond the paper chase and more on transitioning Jesse into our home and our culture.
These are just a few of the amazing ways God has orchestrated this adoption and Jesse's transition so far:
- God has brought many families into our lives that have adopted 'older' children from foreign countries.
- God has given us neighbors in which one speaks Mandarin (Jesse's native language) and whom is very willing to help with translations (and has already translated videos of Jesse for us).
- God has placed a family in our life that has a child with very similar vision needs.
- God has placed us in a great church with the most amazing support, through its orphan care ministry.
- God has provided a wonderful family that has been instrumental helping us understand the visual needs of Jesse and already providing consultations of what to expect when he comes home.
- God has surrounded our family with prayer warriors in support of this adoption. For that we are forever blessed.
Now, we get to work on putting together a small birthday package to send to Jesse, complete with a photo album. :)
Updated picture of Jesse
Documents for dossier
