Ministry Approval

We just got word from our case worker that we have officially received ministry approval. That means Korea has approved us and we are now just waiting to get the call to go and get our little Gus and bring him home for good. The current delay is the lovely H1N1 flu. There have been a few cases at Ilsan where Gus is living and that is causing a little bit of a hold up. At this time we do not know when we will be able to travel, we are hoping very soon. If you could please keep this process in your prayers and pray that Gus does not get the flu. If he gets the H1N1 it will be longer until we can go get him and it will more than likely cause him to get pnuemonia again. Thank you so much for your continued prayers. It is simply a matter of time before we all get to meet this little boy who has already touched our lives in so many ways.

We are so READY!

Gus' room is officially finished. It looks great, Jason drew an amazing tree on the wall and everything else fell in place around the tree. His clothes and dishes are washed, I had a shower and got lots of lovely gifts. All of his toys are broken in thanks to all of the kids at our house on Friday night. We are very ready to get that travel call. Waiting is hard. As we walk past his room and dream of rocking him in the chair, tucking him into to bed and playing with the toys with him; I have been given a great image of what God must feel. He has prepared a room for each of us and is waiting to have us home in heaven. The Bible talks about Christ adopting us, what a beautiful image. Through salvation we have been adopted into a new family. Although this waiting time has been difficult and continues to challenge our patience, the spiritual growth that has come through it has been amazing. God's Timing is Perfect! Please continue to pray that we will receive that call soon, that we will hear back from the many grants that we applied for with good news, and that Gus remains healthy. Thanks for your continued support and love.

Getting the Room Ready

We are officially getting Gus' room ready. Jason drew an amazing tree on the wall. I will hopefully get to painting it this weekend. We painted half of the crib so far. We decided to pain the crib cream. It looks great we just have to wait for it to dry and then we can paint the other side. Teh rocking chair is in the room. We have his name painted and we just need to put it up on the wall. It is looking great! We are still in need of a changing pad, curtains, diaper pail, and a rug and then the room will look so cozy and ready! It is really fun to get stuff put together. We also have his diaper bag packed for the trip. The only thing missing in it right now is diapers, go figure. We cannot believe that it is finally this close.

Current prayer requests, that Korea and Holt will get the paperwork done and we will get the call soon, that we will hear back from the grants we applied for with good news, that Gus will remain healthy, and that we will feel ready emotionally as well as materially. Thanks for all of your support. We will keep you posted.

It's Here!

On Wednesday we received our immigration paperwork and the paperwork for Gus' Visa. We are so excited, a process that usually take 2-3 months took only 20 days. Thank you God for hearing our prayers and answering them. Now Korea works on their end and we wait for the call that says we can travel. Thank you so much for your continued prayers.

PICTURES GALORE!

We are so blessed over the weekend we received 15 new pictures of our little Gus. He received all of the items that we sent him and they sent us pictures of him with each item. There are pictures of him chewing on his sippy cup, snuggling with his new blankie, and reading his new book. Yes that's right our son is a genius he is already reading at 17 months old. (ok so maybe he just looks like he is reading) We are just so happy that he liked the things that we sent and that he seemed so happy and healthy in these pictures after the news of being in the hospital and then two sad pictures in a row.

Poor Baby

We just got word today that Gus has recently spent some time in the hopsital. We do not have all of the logistics of how long or for exactly what. We do know that he received some steroid treatments for breathing. He is back at Ilsan now and doing better. Please pray for his health right now that he remains healthy and he can stay out of the hospital. We did get another picture as well. He looks so grown up, it looks like it was mug shot from the hospital. Again not his typical smmiling face but not as grumpy as last time either. We are still waiting for final word from Korea and immigration. Please pray that we will hear something soon and be able to travel in the near future. I really don't want our little one to ever have to stay in the hospital again without his Mommy and Daddy.

Sending a Gift

We have been given the ok to send Gus a little gift today. We are not sending much just a little book of pictures of Jason and I, a board book, a sippy cup and a tag blanket that I made for him. We are so excited to give him something and begin to correspond with the caregivers who are caring for him.

We also received good news that immigration is on the look out for all of our stuff in order to expedite us. That is fantastic. We are still waiting to hear final word from Korea at this time. We are still hoping to be able to travel in late October or early November and have Gus home for at least a month or two before the Christmas craziness.

Please continue to pray for the grants that are out there, Gus' health and adjustment to Ilsan, and our patience during this waiting time. Thank you so much for your continued support.