We'll start with some good news. As of Friday our paper work is completed and we were told that it is on the way to Colombia. I gotta say that it really went pretty smoothly - and Donna did an awesome job of keeping everything straight and hustling the work right along - she's not one to let the grass grow under her feet. Well - now it becomes a waiting game. After the paperwork gets to our facilitator in Colombia for her to translate into Spanish. We've heard that this could take anywhere from 2-7 weeks depending on how busy she is at the moment. After that they decide on which casa privadas it will be sent to for us to get a referral. Then the waiting really sets in. Getting children referred to us could take a week to one year. But we are just so happy to actually be this far. To be waiting for our boys.
On another note...while finishing off the dossier is exciting and all...rather than talk about forms and timeframes (This may come as a shock to some of you but Donna handled most of the sending/receiving/filling out of the paperwork...yeah I know that kind of stuff is SOOO right up my alley and I was really chomping at the bit to sink my teeth into an I-71C but alas she handled it). But that kinda brings me to what I wanted to update you on this week...Donna.
I cannot tell you how beautiful my wife has looked lately. Each and everyday I see her handling all the ins and outs of this process I can't help but love her more and more. She truly has been amazing and I cannot think of a woman more qualified to be a mom.
In one of the first posts we talked about how Donna and I see God working in our lives and giving us the blessings that are our families, our home, our friends and our livelihoods. But one of the biggest blessings He gives to me everyday is Donna. God has put her here with me for a reason and as I look back on the last 4 years with Donna I see exactly what He was doing. He was preparing her and me for this new job - this new responsibility of parenting the children He is preparing for us. So while I know I can share with the children all the things that God has been so awesome in giving to me - the one thing I really, really want them to have is the blessing of having Donna as their mom. God has given her to me to share with them - I just know it. So while I really am anxious to play ball, watch the Steelers and the Penguins with my boys - the one thing I look forward to most is to see Donna with a child her arms and to sit in my office working and hear from somewhere in the house a small voice yell out 'MOMMA!' (with a Spanish accent of course). That, to me, would make all of this worth it. I'll let you know when it happens.
Catch you later,
Scott (a.k.a skrebs)
