OUT!!!

At about 12:30 today, I was filling my car with gas so I could make the thirty minute trip into downtown Tampa to acquire one of the documents that had been requested for IBESR. I heard my cell phone ringing and almost ignored it, but I decided to stop pumping and try to grab my phone before it went to voicemail.

Backing up about five minutes...

I left our driveway and was going to turn on my radio to listen to some music, but instead, I just began praying, "Lord, please bring Asa home and do it in a miraculous way that will bring You the glory..." We were truly feeling that there was no IBESR end in sight and had given up on getting encouraging news any time soon. But I continued to pray until I pulled into the gas station.

I grabbed the phone off my seat & didn't recognize the area code. I did, however, recognize the voice once I answered. It was our adoption agency's coordinator and she asked if I could cancel the appointment. I would not be needing the letter because our file has been SIGNED OUT OF IBESR.

The drive back home was surreal. I'm still in shock so I can't think of much more to say other than our continued & fervent prayers are with everyone in the Haitian adoption process. Our hope is that more and more of the stalled IBESR files will be signed out, that the remaining steps move quickly for everyone and that our children come home to the loving families that are waiting for them!