A Snowy Day and Other Stuff

Yes.  There is snow on the ground in the Mile High City.

I was just reminded of a day in September, 1996, when Jim was living and working here in Colorado, and the kids and I were still in Indiana.  Jim called me to say that it had taken him over an hour to get to work that day.  I asked why, and he said, "Because of all the snow."  That was the day I knew my life was about to change, haha!  But, as Colorado weather goes, the sun is already brightly shining, so the snow should be gone soon, and the forecast calls for 70* by Monday!

Please pray today, friends, that my Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) clearance would come through TODAY.  Jim and I sent our finger prints in in early August, and they were logged in to CBI on August 8.  We found out four weeks later that Taylor also needed to do this, as he is over 18, and we sent his in almost a month later.  (Arrgh.)  Apparently CBI runs very slowly, and as of last week, they had only processed prints from the end of July.  I called to ask if they could pull Taylor's and put it with ours, and process them at the same time.  They assured me they could.  They assured me they would start processing ours that day, in fact.  When I hadn't heard from our agency that they'd received our clearances by last Friday, I called CBI again on Monday.  This time the person I talked to couldn't even see that our prints had ever even been received!  (Arrgh again!)  I told her who I'd talked to previously, and she was able to confirm with them that yes, they were being processed, and that Taylor's was with ours.  On Wednesday our agency rep let me know that Taylor and Jim's clearances had come through, but not MINE!  What???  (Serious AARRRGH!!)    So please . . . pray with us that someone does their job today and gets it to our agency today, and that the FBI clearances would not take nearly as long as CBI is taking!  Our little girl is in an orphanage.  We want her to be in our arms, instead.  She has lost so much already.

I am so grateful for so many adoptive moms who have come along beside me and encouraged me in this journey.  It's amazing to see how God has worked in their families, as they traversed through the difficult waiting periods, the fundraising, and the paperchasing, and after they brought their precious children home.  They understand my sadness and frustration at times, and remind me that God is working even when I can't see it, and that what He's called us to He WILL do!  Thank you, friends.

Please remember that we still have our two wonderful fundraisers going!  See the links on the right hand side bar!  The coffee shop will run until we go to China.  The shirts will be available till November 22.  Please be sure on the shirts that you order from the Fundrasing Link AND that you put in our Family Code:  ALTMAN927.  Thank you so very much, friends, for your support.  We are trusting God to meet every financial obligation necessary to bring our Caylie home.  

~ Joy, whose sons are making her listen to Christmas music!  :D