Day 35

Friends, rejoice with us!  We are . . . 

That's right.  Our agency received our Letter of Acceptance from China today!!  This is an amazing story, friends, because today is Day 35 of our LOA wait.  Day Thirty-Five.

You see, I've had this number in my head that I've been praying about for awhile.  I didn't tell anyone about this number, not even my husband.  The number is 35.  It came to my mind back in January when our dossier was sent to China.  It came to my mind again when we received our Log-In Date in early February.  It was a miracle number, because people rarely ever get LOA in thirty-five days.  Usually it's 60-80 days and many times much longer than that.  So for us to be LOA in 35 days would have to totally be a God thing.

I didn't know if 35 was just a number in my own head (wishful thinking), or if God had given me that number.  But I kept praying for it, knowing that our God - who is Creator and Sustainer of this universe, and Whose heart is for the orphan - can do anything.  And yet resting in the fact that He has The Day we will meet our daughter planned out, and that day will not be a day too late.

I knew all last week that today - Monday, March 11 - would be Day 35.  I hoped and I prayed, but I didn't know for sure.  But today - Day 35 - I got the call. We are LOA.

Our God is good and He is faithful, my friends.