We are gettin' closer!!

"Families most recently matched with a child under 12 months of age with few known health concerns began their wait in June 2008."

This was the email that we received today from our agency. This news is tickling to my soul. We began our official wait 'on the list' in August of 08. That means that soon soon soon, they will be getting to the batch of families whose wait began in July and then August. woohooooo!
While the wait has seemed so so very long, and as we have seen other families who signed up after us already travel to get their little ones in ET, we have been diligently praying for wisdom and peace and patience. All the while, we have never felt led to leave our agency....despite the lengthening wait times. God matched us to our little sweetie before we even signed on the dotted line. And He knows exactly how to bring her to us. The closer we get, the more excited I become. The more I realize how none of this in our control. And that is the beauty of it all. For any of us to think that we might have been accidently placed in the wrong family has some revelations a comin'!! No matter what our circumstances, backgrounds, problems, upbringings,etc, there is such a plan over our lives that promises nothing but blessings. I can't wait to bring our beautiful little girl home and hold her and tell her that she is now in her forever family. Awh...sigh....I can't wait to see her face...to hold her hands ..to rock her to sleep and tell her how much she is loved. Soon we will be getting her picture. oh...joy!