More things falling into place

I'm still working out the right balance of what to post and what's not worth posting. I'm divided on this, but excited enough personally to share with anyone who's reading.

This morning a friend of ours came over to watch the kids so Matt and I could go to the USCIS (Immigration) application office to have our biometrics taken. (fingerprints) We like being able to bring them along as much as we can, but the summons very clearly stated how limited seating was so to NOT bring anyone who was not required to be there.

Turns out our directions were a little off, and we were in the 100 block where we thought it was, but it was actually in the 1300 block! Thankfully we had left with enough time to get where we needed to be, but realized we only had one quarter to pay for parking!! We reminded each other that we were trusting God to take care of the finances of this adoption, even in the small things. And he did. It was in a strip mall with free parking. ;)

Check - that part's done! Now to wait for the application to come back. Still no idea how much longer that will take. The sooner it comes the sooner we can go see our boy, and the sooner we go see him, the sooner the 4-5 month timeline before we can bring him home starts moving!

The second bit of good news today is related to the second longest wait we have for dossier paperwork - our background check with the FBI. I was beginning to wonder if the credit card number I had given them (with an expiration date of 01/13) was going to work or if they were going to take too long to process our application. Today I went to their website trying to find out who and how to contact about this problem. I didn't find anything directly useful, so tried checking my credit card website one more time, and there's the payment!! This is good because it means it went through before my card expired, and even more so because it means that things are being processed on that piece!

We are trusting that God has all the timing in his hands - how could he not after all the "coincidences" we've seen already? But we are also asking him to move these pieces along quickly. We are looking forward to getting K home as soon as we can! Things are better in his current situation than they've ever been for him, but he's still without a family.