drowning in paperwork!!

Well we are well on our way to completing all of our paperwork. Birth certificates were sent for, marriage certificates obtained and criminal historys checked in 2 states!! Reference letters, financial reports, pysch testing and physicals for EVERYONE is up next on my to do list along with autobiographies that are really really personal! You certainly cant be a private person and adopt a child from china! God has blessed us so very much this week! Not only did we get to sign the papers to start the process of bringing home our new son, Tim recieved a job offer that we had been praying for for many months now. Tim was able to find a job that would allow him to be home more (NO MORE TRAVELING!!) as well as have more time for his family and his need to do more in ministry. It was an income cut for us, but we feel secure that this is the direction God is leading us. We also were very thankful to find out that the Hand In Hand office in Arizona has 4 families traveling to Nanjing SWI and we can send a package there for one of them to take to Baby Dini (still undecided....jonathon maybe)
hopefully close to his 2nd birthday. I did utilize a website today that will make orphanage phone calls and ask 10 questions for us as well as request some current pictures so I can get his size now since I am sure that he has grown since January! I will let you all know when I get some updates again!! It has been an exciting week all in all with lots of changes. Please keep praying for us, for our patience and for our little guy all the way across the world.