Whirlwind: What's Next?

So the last few weeks have been a bit of whirlwind.  We decided we were officially ready to jump in.  We then made some final updates to our formal application and submitted it to Bethany Christian (our agency).  It was approved within 24 hours!  Crazy, right?
So that meant we needed to kickstart getting ready for our home study.  We took a day off work together and cleaned for 10 hours straight.  We also downsized a lot of things.  (We are in the process of continuing to do so.)  We still need to attack the basement and go through some of our storage but we are a lot closer.
We also started our Spare Change project.

The concept is at the end of the day you throw your change into a jar (which we will provide if you want).  Once you fill the jar, if you are local to us, we will pick it up from you.  Then we will cash it in for our adoption account.  If you do not live local, you can cash it in and send it to us through paypal (link on the side), check, or cash.  We also still have our envelope project and we are planning to do shirts some time in the next few months.

This morning I mailed our contract back to the agency.  All these steps may seem minor but knowing that each one brings us a little bit closer to bringing our children home keeps us going. 

We are excited to see what else God has in store.  This journey has not looked the way we expected so far and we know the future will be the same.  Please pray along with us as we continue to follow His leading.