Update

The last couple weeks have been so exciting thinking about how CLOSE we are to traveling. We are actually discussing how our trip will look, where to stay, purchasing items for the trip, talking to families who have traveled and those that are getting ready to travel, dragging out the luggage, and stock piling things to pack. When I think back over our adoption process it is amazing to me that right before we left on our mission trip to India in August, 2008, we had just taken our place at #13 on the waiting list for our daughter! As I was flying to India and back I was thinking and dreaming about what this flight would look like when we had our little girl with us.

This August will be 2 years since that flight and SO much happened since that time. God has changed me in a number of ways. For me the most noticeable is how I don't freak out as much as I used to when things don't go as planned. This adoption process has been KEY is teaching me this. You find out in a hurry that you have very limited CONTROL and that things DON'T go according to YOUR timeline. As our process has unfolded I find myself not so uptight in the waiting and am trusting God more for His timing then mine. Time after time a silent prayer of mine is answered, a potential disaster is calmed quickly, a need arises and provisions are made, etc. All these things remind me of how faithful God is and that He sees the whole picture and has it under control. God has also calmed my fears of bringing our boys with us. I have a lot more peace and am looking forward to what the Lord has planned for my boys while we are in India. I believe this will be a life changing trip for our family as a whole and individually on many levels.

As everyday passes we wait for the longed for email that says "Alesha Mugdha Pfeiffer's passport is READY!" What an exciting day this will be!!!! At that point we can begin booking airline tickets and put all the finishing touches on leaving home to go to India and become a family of 5!

Today we received a couple new pictures of Alesha. It made me smile to see such a sweet smile on Alesha's caregiver's face. I can tell from the picture that she takes good care of my girl and for that I am forever grateful. It thrills me to see how healthy and strong Alesha is getting. It won't be long now and we will have her in our arms. I am praying that the passports will come soon and my family will be able to connect with the other families traveling to India around the same time.


We are coming baby girl.....hold on!


Our darling brown-eyed girl!