They told her!!

Yesterday was a great day. We had two huge updates in our process. We are now getting our fingerprints refreshed before leaving to go to Costa Rica. We are also letting Melissa get in a few more counseling sessions before we go to pick her up!!

Last couple of weeks:
March 3rd- Social worker assigned to Melissa
March 3rd- I-800 form mailed to USCIS in the U.S.
March 12th- Adoption Shower!
March 15th- I-800 form approved!!
March 15th- Social worker told Melissa about our family adopting her!

It was so exciting to get the news from Melissa's social worker telling us how it went when they told her about us. Our social worker said, "Melissa is very very happy with her parents and sisters. She received the photos and gifts and smiled the whole time. She was excited about her family."

Also an update on fundraising...WE ARE ONLY 1,118.00 AWAY from the minimum amount needed to complete this adoption! Watching God provide, and making the sacrifices needed, and watching others sacrifice for this, has been truly humbling and a huge learning experience.

We are so excited and ready to go see our girl! If you would like to donate to our matching grant please follow THIS LINK TO DONATE.

Below I've included some pictures of the shower we had for the adoption. It was such an encouraging time of prayer and learning about the country, the culture and the people in Costa Rica :) We had delicious authentic Costa Rican food, we listened to Costa Rican music and learned about the country itself. It was so encouraging.