What a day!

Today has been a day of super highs and very low lows. But God is sovereign and in complete control. Thus, we trust Him in the good and in the "bad".

So, to focus only on the positive:

Today we received our passports back with our visas! Perfect timing! The visas are dated so that we can go back for our 3rd child in 2012! We are planning to adopt a little girl through China's Special Focus Program, and we have already named her "Hope". God will work the details out the way He wants and in His perfect timing. We completely trust Him.

Also, we received two new pictures of Andrew--who is definitely at the Luoyang Children's Welfare Institute now. These pictures were shared by a mom who is also adopting a child from the same orphanage. I praise God for sweet people who understand the wait and the longing to see one's child, and thus, are willing share photos.

So, here's Andrew! He's the child in the middle:

There he is again behind another child:

Here's what the last picture looked like before being cropped:

See him just peeking out around the other little boy?

From these pictures it seems Andrew may be shy and comfortable simply being "in the background". Also, he is significantly smaller than the other children in his age group.

WE. ARE. SO. IN. LOVE!!!!!